[syn: excitability, excitableness, volatility]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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]