Irritation

What do we mean by irritation?

The act of irritating. noun

The condition of being irritated; vexation. noun

A source of irritation. noun

An inflammatory reaction of a bodily part. noun

The elicitation of a response to a stimulus in a plant or animal organ or tissue, especially in a nerve or muscle. noun

The act of irritating, or the state of being irritated; impatient or angry excitement; provocation; exasperation. noun

Stimulation; incitement; a stirring up to activity. noun

In physiology, the act of evoking some action, or change of state, in a muscle, nerve, or other living tissue, by some chemical, physical, or pathological agent; the state or action thus evoked. noun

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. noun

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; ; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation. noun

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. noun

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. noun

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. noun

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. noun

A sudden outburst of anger noun

The neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland noun

The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed noun

The act of troubling or annoying someone noun

An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress noun

The act of irritating or annoying

The state of being irritated

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; especially, 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.

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to irritation:
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Words that rhyme with irritation:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe irritation:
local, gastric, chronic, mechanical, meningeal, counter, constant, severe, much, intestinal, nervous, peritoneal, slight, gastrointestinal, intense, spinal, considerable, mild, direct, stomach, cerebral, minor, bronchial, further, nasal, peripheral, chemical, extreme, ocular, acute, respiratory, less, continued, sympathetic, external, violent, excessive, reflex, mucosal, renal, vaginal, cutaneous, primary, nerve, inflammatory, sensory, slightest, conjunctival, mutual, constitutional, persistent, sudden, rectal, painful, mucous, vesical, continual, corneal, diaphragmatic, gingival, mere, momentary, temporary, pulmonary, obvious, perpetual, bladder, continuous, moderate, laryngeal, urethral, uterine, undue, consequent, venous, ovarian, unnecessary.

Consonant match to irritation:
arietation.

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