'Irritability' definitions:
Definition of 'irritability'
(from WordNet)
noun
An irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler]
noun
Excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part [syn: excitability, irritability]
noun
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]
Definition of 'Irritability'
From: GCIDE
- Irritability \Ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. irritabilitas: cf. F. irritabilit['e].] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physiol.) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle possesses, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Irritability'
- Irritable,
- Irritableness,
- Irritably,
- Irritancy,
- Irritant,
- Irritate,
- Irritated,
- Irritating,
- Irritation,
- Irritative,
- irritatingly,
- Counter irritant,
- Counter irritation,
- Pure irritant,
- chemical irritant,
- irritable bowel syndrome,
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