counterirritant
Medicine/Medical. an agent for producing inflammation in superficial tissues to relieve pain or inflammation in deeper structures.
any irritation or annoyance that draws attention away from another.
Medicine/Medical. of or acting as a counterirritant.
Origin of counterirritant
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How to use counterirritant in a sentence
Applied externally it is used as a counterirritant in skin diseases.
Apply strong counterirritant to chest and put seton in dewlap.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle | U.S. Department of AgricultureA product of the oxidation of ethylic alcohol and of the destructive distillation of wood, applied locally as a counterirritant.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry | Maximilian Stern
British Dictionary definitions for counterirritant
/ (ˌkaʊntərˈɪrɪtənt) /
an agent that causes a superficial irritation of the skin and thereby relieves inflammation of deep structures
producing a counterirritation
Derived forms of counterirritant
- counterirritation, noun
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