About The Word Irritability
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Irritability
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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`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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