IRRITANT • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Irritant

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈɪrətənt/ Listen

noun

Irritant n.

That which irritates or excites.

(Physiol. & Med.) Any agent by which irritation is produced; as, a chemical irritant; a mechanical or electrical irritant.

(Toxicology) A poison that produces inflammation.

Counter irritant. See under Counter.

Pure irritant (Toxicology), a poison that produces inflammation without any corrosive action upon the tissues.

adjective

Irritant adj. (Scots Law) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating. "The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance."

Irritant adj. Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation.

See images of 'Irritant'

Etymology of 'Irritant'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Irritant" Quotes from Famous Books

... from forming in mortal mind afterwards to appear on the body; but to do this requires attention. The thought of 198:15 disease is formed before one sees a doctor and before the doctor undertakes to dispel it by a counter-irritant, - perhaps by a blister, by the application of caustic or 198:18 croton oil, or by a surgical operation. Again, giving an- other direction to faith, the physician prescribes drugs, until the elasticity of mortal thought haply causes a 198:21 ...

— Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures • Mary Baker Eddy

... SOME RAT POISONS.—Symptoms: Symptoms of irritant poisoning; pain in the stomach and bowels; vomiting; diarrhoea; tenderness and tension of the abdomen. Treatment: An emetic is to be promptly given; copious draughts containing magnesia in suspension: mucilaginous drinks. General ...

— Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 • Barkham Burroughs

... the weariness of a long morning of slow, dismal rain, she had been listening to Mr. Herbert as he dwelt feelingly on the arrogance of puritan encroachment, and the grossness of presbyterian insolence both to kingly prerogative and episcopal authority, and drew a touching picture of the irritant thwartings and pitiful insults to which the gentle monarch was exposed in his attempts to support the dignity of his divine office, and to cast its protecting skirt over the defenceless church; and if it was with less sympathy that he spoke ...

— St. George and St. Michael • George MacDonald

... that Stafford party doesn't show up before long, I'm going home. I can't stand you fellows without some excitement for a counter-irritant." ...

— The Adventures of Bobby Orde • Stewart Edward White

... admirable target. Grom's arrow sped noiselessly between the curtaining branches, and found its mark high on the bull's fore-shoulder. It penetrated—but not to a depth of more than two or three inches. And Grom, though elated by his good shot, realized that such a wound would be nothing more than an irritant. ...

— In the Morning of Time • Charles G. D. Roberts

More quotes...