Mental Process
arousal Audio
a·rou·sal [ uh-rouz-al ]
Subclass of:
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; Psychophysiology
Definitions related to arousal:
  • Cortical vigilance or readiness of tone, presumed to be in response to sensory stimulation via the reticular activating system.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The state of being awake or reactive to stimuli through one or more of the five senses.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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