irritative
serving or tending to irritate.
Pathology. characterized or produced by irritation of some body part: an irritative fever.
Origin of irritative
1Other words from irritative
- ir·ri·ta·tive·ness, noun
- un·ir·ri·ta·tive, adjective
Words Nearby irritative
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How to use irritative in a sentence
I believe that a Stimulant is able actually to produce nervous action; perhaps by an irritative operation upon nerve-fibre.
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William HeadlandIt is thus a most valuable topical remedy in true irritative Neuralgia.
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William HeadlandThis is especially useful if there be any form of irritative cough or local excitement, such as the aged sometimes experience.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep | Henry M. LymanThe early, irritative cough of incipient pulmonary consumption may be soothed with camphor and opium.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep | Henry M. LymanInhalation of warm vapor, and respiration of air charged with ether, or carbolic acid, will often quiet an irritative cough.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep | Henry M. Lyman
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