myotatic irritability

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The ability of a muscle to contract in response to the stimulus produced by a sudden stretching.

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Her irritability became more pronounced and she was fired from her job with a periodontic practice in Hamden.
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But Carey may have been occasionally hampered by an irritability that is also common among those with hypomania.
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It revealed the irritability of a man accustomed to being in control who's watching his plans fall apart in public.
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Signs included muscular aches and pains, headaches, inability to relax, and irritability.
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Gray lost much of his irritability and began to talk coherently upon topics of general interest.
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She has always been a delicate woman, suffering from headaches, general irritability, and nervousness.
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However, I stick to my intentions, and hammer pianoforte passages out of my brain: the result is nervous irritability.
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Besides the irritability, impulsiveness is an equally characteristic feature.
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