irritation
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[edit] Etymology
< Latin irritatio < irritare (“‘to excite’”)
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
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irritation (plural irritations)
- 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 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.
- 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.
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- “irritation” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- "irritation" at The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
irritation f. (plural irritations)
- Irritation (all senses).
