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Stimulus vs Stimulon - What's the difference?

stimulus | stimulon |

As nouns the difference between stimulus and stimulon

is that stimulus is while stimulon is (genetics) a system of genes that are regulated by the same stimulus.

stimulus

Noun

(stimuli)
  • (rfc-sense) Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system.
  • an economic stimulus
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  • , passage=Democrats, meanwhile, point out that Republicans seem to have made a conscious decision, beginning with the stimulus , to oppose anything the president put forward, dooming any chance of renewed cooperation between the parties.}}
  • (rfc-sense) (physiology) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response.
  • (rfc-sense) (psychology) Anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism, including physical phenomena both internal and external to the body.
  • (rfc-sense) Anything that induces a person to take action.
  • Synonyms

    * (anything that may have an impact or influence) influence * (anything that induces a person to take action) impetus, impulse, spur

    stimulon

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stimulon) (en noun)
  • (genetics) A system of genes that are regulated by the same stimulus
  • See also

    *operon *regulon