See Also: irritant(medicine)
irritant(1)(dictionary)
irritant(2)(dictionary)
irritant(dictionary)
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irritant eczema(medicine)
irritant contact dermatitis(medicine)

irritant(1) (iou)



irritant adjective1 & noun. E17.
[from IRRITATE verb1 + -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Exciting, provocative, rousing. E-M17.
Causing physical (or occas. mental) irritation; irritating. E19.
R. Adams Buckthorn had been bitten..and the wound..was irritant and painful. P. Parish Potassium salts are irritant when taken by mouth; they may cause ulceration of the stomach.
b. noun. An irritant substance, body, or agency; a poison etc. which produces irritation; fig. something which is (mentally) irritating. E19.
Jonathan Miller Any irritant which succeeds in entering the windpipe..excites the..cough reflex.
irritancy noun1 irritating quality or character; irritation, annoyance: M19.