Meaning & use
arousable
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Capable of being awakened, stimulated, or brought to a state of alertness or excitement.
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The patient remained arousable but drifted quickly back to sleep between checks.
Researchers measured how easily the animals were arousable from different stages of sleep.
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Common in clinical settings, where 'arousable' describes a patient's level of consciousness, as in 'arousable to voice' or 'arousable to pain.'
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