irritative

[ ir-i-tey-tiv ]

/ ˈɪr ɪˌteɪ tɪv /

adjective

serving or tending to irritate.

Pathology. characterized or produced by irritation of some body part: an irritative fever.

Origin of irritative

First recorded in 1680–90; irritate + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM irritative

ir·ri·ta·tive·ness, nounun·ir·ri·ta·tive, adjective

Words nearby irritative

irritate, irritated, irritating, irritation, irritation fibroma, irritative, irrorate, irrotational, irrupt, irruption, irruptive

Example sentences from the Web for irritative

Irritative lesions in general produce muscular spasms or convulsions, while destructive lesions cause paralysis.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
This 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. Lyman
In like manner the irritative ideas suggest to us many other trains or tribes of ideas that are associated with them.
Zoonomia, Vol. I|Erasmus Darwin
For irritative pain on the surface Aconite is most efficacious.
The Action of Medicines in the System|Frederick William Headland

Those things, which increase the exertions of all the irritative motions, are termed incitantia.
Zoonomia, Vol. II|Erasmus Darwin

单词	irritative
释义	irritative [ ir-i-tey-tiv ] / ˈɪr ɪˌteɪ tɪv / adjective serving or tending to irritate. Pathology. characterized or produced by irritation of some body part: an irritative fever. Origin of irritative First recorded in 1680–90; irritate + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM irritative ir·ri·ta·tive·ness, nounun·ir·ri·ta·tive, adjective Words nearby irritative irritate, irritated, irritating, irritation, irritation fibroma, irritative, irrorate, irrotational, irrupt, irruption, irruptive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for irritative Irritative lesions in general produce muscular spasms or convulsions, while destructive lesions cause paralysis. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.\|Alexander Miles This 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. Lyman In like manner the irritative ideas suggest to us many other trains or tribes of ideas that are associated with them. Zoonomia, Vol. I\|Erasmus Darwin For irritative pain on the surface Aconite is most efficacious. The Action of Medicines in the System\|Frederick William Headland Those things, which increase the exertions of all the irritative motions, are termed incitantia. Zoonomia, Vol. II\|Erasmus Darwin
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