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intellect

n.

1. the intellectual functions of the mind considered collectively.

2. an individual’s capacity for abstract, objective reasoning, especially as contrasted with his or her capacity for feeling, imagining, or acting. —intellectual adj.

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excitability

excitability

n.

1. the tendency of some individuals to be readily aroused to emotional responses.

2. in neurophysiology, the capacity of neurons and some muscle cells to respond electrically to external stimulation with a sudden, transient increase in their ionic permeability and a change in the electric potential across their cell membrane. —excitable adj.