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irritation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Irritation \Ir`ri*ta"tion\, n. [L. irritatio: cf F. irritation.] 1. The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger. The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect. --De Quincey. 2. (Physiol.) The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action by stimulation; -- as the condition of an organ of sense when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation. 3. (Med.) A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: irritation n 1: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: {annoyance}, {vexation}] 2: a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" [syn: {pique}, {temper}] 3: an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body [syn: {discomfort}, {soreness}, {tenderness}] 4: unfriendly behavior that aggravates or irritates someone [syn: {aggravation}, {provocation}] 5: the act of annoying someone [syn: {annoyance}, {annoying}, {vexation}, {troubling}]
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