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Definition of irritant in English: irritantnoun ˈɪrɪt(ə)ntˈɪrədənt 1A substance that causes slight inflammation or other discomfort to the body. Example sentencesExamples - In the absence of these irritants, sputum production and airway inflammation should decrease.
- The initial treatment step is to eliminate tobacco smoke or other environmental irritants.
- The key point here is to avoid the irritants often found in many popular nutritional formulas.
- Some substances may not be irritants but if the skin becomes sensitised - or allergic - to them they may cause a reaction.
- Lesion onset usually occurs in a pattern related to the skin irritant or allergen initiating the reaction.
- He announced that " chemical irritants " would be used if they did not leave.
- Macrophages may be activated by cigarette smoke and other inhaled irritants.
- The most important treatment is identifying and removing the irritant or allergen.
- Severe skin irritants are less common but more serious hazards.
- Moisture barriers, sometimes called skin protectants, shield the skin from exposure to irritants or moisture.
- Exposure to respiratory irritants such as second-hand tobacco smoke, dusts, and fumes should be minimized.
- Ozone is a highly reactive gas that is regulated in the outside air as a lung irritant.
- But sometimes these allergens and irritants become stuck in the lining of your nose.
- Inflammation makes the airways sensitive to stimuli such as allergens, chemical irritants, tobacco smoke, cold air, or exercise.
- Selected volatile organic compounds known to be respiratory irritants were determined in the mattress emissions.
- If there was one thing he didn't need, it was a face full of skin irritant.
- A cough is a reflex action to clear the airways of mucus, phlegm, irritants or a foreign body.
- "It became clear people inhaled airborne irritants, " he says.
- Chlorine has a disagreeable odor and may be a respiratory irritant.
- Strong odors and chemical irritants may also trigger the sensitive airways of the asthmatic patient.
2A thing that is continually annoying or distracting. in 1966 Vietnam was becoming an irritant to the government Example sentencesExamples - Our diplomats are instructed to avoid unnecessary irritants and purely rhetorical hostility.
- - But Greenpeace had become a bigger irritant for the French than it had realised.
- What should be a service to the community is seen as a major irritant.
- Another constant irritant for the judge was poor media reporting.
- Still, these are mostly minor irritants that can easily be dismissed as necessary game requirements.
Synonyms annoyance, irritation, source of irritation, source of vexation, source of annoyance, thorn in someone's side/flesh, pinprick, pest, bother, trial, torment, plague, inconvenience, nuisance, menace informal aggravation, peeve, pet peeve, pain, pain in the neck, bind, bore, headache, hassle Scottish informal nyaff, skelf North American informal pain in the butt, nudnik, burr in/under someone's saddle Australian informal fair cow Australian/New Zealand informal nark British vulgar slang pain in the arse
adjective ˈɪrɪt(ə)ntˈɪrədənt Causing slight inflammation or other discomfort to the body. chlorine bleaches can be irritant to the skin Example sentencesExamples - The welding process produces a complex mixture of irritant gases, coarse metal particulates, and fine metal oxide fume.
- Their long, skinny bodies were covered with irritant hairs.
- Irritant contact dermatitis is a skin reaction caused by the direct effect of an irritant substance on the skin.
- Ammonia is an irritant gas with a sharp odor, both as a natural and a manufactured chemical.
- Skin testing will not be useful in identifying the potential for these irritant substances to cause symptoms.
Synonyms causing inflammation, causing swelling
Definition of irritant in US English: irritantnounˈɪrədəntˈirədənt 1A substance that causes slight inflammation or other discomfort to the body. Example sentencesExamples - Inflammation makes the airways sensitive to stimuli such as allergens, chemical irritants, tobacco smoke, cold air, or exercise.
- If there was one thing he didn't need, it was a face full of skin irritant.
- In the absence of these irritants, sputum production and airway inflammation should decrease.
- The most important treatment is identifying and removing the irritant or allergen.
- Selected volatile organic compounds known to be respiratory irritants were determined in the mattress emissions.
- Strong odors and chemical irritants may also trigger the sensitive airways of the asthmatic patient.
- "It became clear people inhaled airborne irritants, " he says.
- Severe skin irritants are less common but more serious hazards.
- Macrophages may be activated by cigarette smoke and other inhaled irritants.
- Ozone is a highly reactive gas that is regulated in the outside air as a lung irritant.
- Exposure to respiratory irritants such as second-hand tobacco smoke, dusts, and fumes should be minimized.
- The key point here is to avoid the irritants often found in many popular nutritional formulas.
- Lesion onset usually occurs in a pattern related to the skin irritant or allergen initiating the reaction.
- Moisture barriers, sometimes called skin protectants, shield the skin from exposure to irritants or moisture.
- Some substances may not be irritants but if the skin becomes sensitised - or allergic - to them they may cause a reaction.
- He announced that " chemical irritants " would be used if they did not leave.
- A cough is a reflex action to clear the airways of mucus, phlegm, irritants or a foreign body.
- But sometimes these allergens and irritants become stuck in the lining of your nose.
- The initial treatment step is to eliminate tobacco smoke or other environmental irritants.
- Chlorine has a disagreeable odor and may be a respiratory irritant.
2A thing that is continually annoying or distracting. in 1966 Vietnam was becoming an irritant to the government Example sentencesExamples - Another constant irritant for the judge was poor media reporting.
- Our diplomats are instructed to avoid unnecessary irritants and purely rhetorical hostility.
- Still, these are mostly minor irritants that can easily be dismissed as necessary game requirements.
- What should be a service to the community is seen as a major irritant.
- - But Greenpeace had become a bigger irritant for the French than it had realised.
Synonyms annoyance, irritation, source of irritation, source of vexation, source of annoyance, thorn in someone's flesh, thorn in someone's side, pinprick, pest, bother, trial, torment, plague, inconvenience, nuisance, menace
adjectiveˈɪrədəntˈirədənt Causing slight inflammation or other discomfort to the body. Example sentencesExamples - Ammonia is an irritant gas with a sharp odor, both as a natural and a manufactured chemical.
- Irritant contact dermatitis is a skin reaction caused by the direct effect of an irritant substance on the skin.
- The welding process produces a complex mixture of irritant gases, coarse metal particulates, and fine metal oxide fume.
- Skin testing will not be useful in identifying the potential for these irritant substances to cause symptoms.
- Their long, skinny bodies were covered with irritant hairs.
Synonyms causing inflammation, causing swelling
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