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counterirritant
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A counterirritant is a substance which creates irritation or mild inflammation in one location with the goal of lessening discomfort and/or inflammation in another location. This strategy falls into the more general category of counterstimulation . Capsaicin ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pharmacology English) Any substance used to cause inflammation in one part of the body with the goal of lessening inflammation elsewhere.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterirritant \Coun"ter*ir`ri*tant\ (-?r"r?-tant), n., Counterirritation \Coun"ter*ir`ri*ta"tion\, n. See Counter irritant , etc., under Counter , a.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation
Usage examples of counterirritant.
When I swore at her afterward she said that a counterirritant was a good thing occasionally.
Doc used a powerful counterirritant, one that poured oxygen into the system and provided such a heavy jolt to blood vessels feeding the brain that it cleared the poison out almost immediately.
Maybe Old Mother Nature sets up some kind of overriding counterirritant when the genetics are a bad match.
I have found that the mind handles pain best if it is given a counterirritant to distract it.
They settled down and enjoyed a very plentiful, if rude, existence on the products of their land, game, and fish, amid a fine climate--with mosquitoes enough in summer to act as a counterirritant and prevent stagnation from too much ease and prosperity.