English-Finnish translations for arousal

• kiihottuminen
• herääminen

Definition of arousal

• The act of arousing or the state of being aroused
• Sexual arousal
• 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
• Arousal from sleep or hibernation

Examples

• bodily arousal
• emotional arousal
• to influence the arousal of brain and behavior
• Some people get sexual arousal from the depiction of feet.
• the mechanism for arousal from sleep
• the animal undergoes regular spells of arousal

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