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Upon this depends not only the ready exhaustibility of the cortex, but also the phenomena of irritability, named by Meynert, localized irritable weakness.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel

I utterly deny the exhaustion of national genius; I even deny its exhaustibility.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

The irritability and exhaustibility may be sometimes excessive in neuralgias, sometimes normal, and perhaps, in certain cases, beneath the normal standard; by which means the form of the curve of intensity must be considerably modified.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.