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irritative
[ ir-i-tey-tiv ]
adjective
- serving or tending to irritate.
- Pathology. characterized or produced by irritation of some body part:
an irritative fever.
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Other Words From
- irri·tative·ness noun
- un·irri·tative adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of irritative1
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Example Sentences
I believe that a Stimulant is able actually to produce nervous action; perhaps by an irritative operation upon nerve-fibre.
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It is thus a most valuable topical remedy in true irritative Neuralgia.
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This is especially useful if there be any form of irritative cough or local excitement, such as the aged sometimes experience.
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The early, irritative cough of incipient pulmonary consumption may be soothed with camphor and opium.
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Inhalation of warm vapor, and respiration of air charged with ether, or carbolic acid, will often quiet an irritative cough.
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