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COUNTERIRRITANT

\kˈa͡ʊntəɹˌɪɹɪtənt], \kˈa‍ʊntəɹˌɪɹɪtənt], \k_ˈaʊ_n_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of COUNTERIRRITANT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A medicine to excite irritation in one place with the purpose of relieving irritation in another.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Producing a counterirritation; an agent which produces a counterirritation.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Producing counterirritation.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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