counterirritant
Medicine/Medical. an agent for producing inflammation in superficial tissues to relieve pain or inflammation in deeper structures.
any irritation or annoyance that draws attention away from another.
Medicine/Medical. of or acting as a counterirritant.
Origin of counterirritant
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How to use counterirritant in a sentence
But Dr. Holmes was right: proverbs should be sold in pairs so that one may correct the other as a counter irritant.
Both the above are rubefacient and counter-irritant, and excellent in rheumatism, neuralgia, &c.
In order to create a counter-irritant he plunged into work with the most astonishing vigor.
The Young Trailers | Joseph A. AltshelerExternally the drug has the usual action of a volatile oil, being a very powerful counter-irritant.
The pain's imaginary.top Marry, man, marry; thy wife will prove A counter-irritant and drive the pain away.
The Scarlet Stigma | James Edgar Smith
British Dictionary definitions for counterirritant
/ (ˌkaʊntərˈɪrɪtənt) /
an agent that causes a superficial irritation of the skin and thereby relieves inflammation of deep structures
producing a counterirritation
Derived forms of counterirritant
- counterirritation, noun
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