different between irritation vs obtundent
irritation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French irritation, from Latin irr?t?ti?, from irr?t?re, present active infinitive of irr?t? (“I excite”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
irritation (countable and uncountable, plural irritations)
- The act of irritating or annoying
- What irritation causes you to be so moody?
- The state of being irritated
- The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; especially, the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
- A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
Derived terms
Related terms
- irritate
Translations
Further reading
- irritation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- irritation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin irr?t?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.?i.ta.sj??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: irritations
Noun
irritation f (plural irritations)
- irritation (all senses)
Related terms
- irriter
Further reading
- “irritation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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obtundent
English
Etymology
From Latin obtundens, present participle of obtundere
Noun
obtundent (plural obtundents)
- A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; – nearly the same as demulcent.
- Something which obtunds.
Related terms
Anagrams
- end button, end-button, endbutton
Latin
Verb
obtundent
- third-person plural future active indicative of obtund?
obtundent From the web:
- obtundent meaning
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- what is obtundent effect
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