irritability
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin irritabilitas.
[edit] Noun
irritability (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
- (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
- (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
[edit] Translations
state or quality of being irritable
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[edit] References
- irritability in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- irritability in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
