excitability

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

excitability
    n 1: excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part [syn:
         {excitability}, {irritability}]
    2: being easily excited [syn: {excitability}, {excitableness},
       {volatility}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Excitability \Ex*cit"a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. excitabilit['e].]
   1. The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be
      affected by exciting causes.
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   2. (Physiol.) The property manifested by living organisms,
      and the elements and tissues of which they are
      constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants;
      irritability; as, nervous excitability.
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