arousal | |
1. n. The act of arousing or the state of being aroused. | |
bodily arousal | |
emotional arousal | |
to influence the arousal of brain and behavior | |
2. n. Sexual arousal. | |
Some people get sexual arousal from the depiction of feet. | |
3. n. A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond. | |
4. n. Arousal from sleep or hibernation. | |
the mechanism for arousal from sleep | |
the animal undergoes regular spells of arousal | |