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Irritability

Irritability Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Irritability? [n] a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [n] excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part [n] an irritable petulant feeling Synonyms \| Synonyms for Irritability: biliousness \| choler \| crossness \| excitability \| fretfulness \| fussiness \| peevishness \| peevishness \| pettishness \| petulance \| snappishness \| surliness \| temper Related Terms \| Find terms related to Irritability: See Also \| ill humor \| ill humour \| ill nature \| pet \| querulousness \| reactivity \| responsiveness \| testiness \| tetchiness \| touchiness Irritability In Webster's Dictionary \Ir`ritabil"i*ty\, n. [L. irritabilitas: cf. F. irritabilit['e].] 1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper. 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 processes, 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. 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.

Irritability Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Irritability?

[n] a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
[n] excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
[n] an irritable petulant feeling

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Irritability In Webster's Dictionary

\Ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. irritabilitas: cf. F.
irritabilit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick
   excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of
   temper.

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 processes, 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.

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.

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