IRRITABLE
\ˈɪɹɪtəbə͡l], \ˈɪɹɪtəbəl], \ˈɪ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ə_b_əl]\
Definitions of IRRITABLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
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Capable of being irriated.
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Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
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Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
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Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
By Oddity Software
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Capable of being irriated.
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Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
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Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
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Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
By Noah Webster.
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Easily provoked to anger; easily caused to perform some physical function.
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Irritability, irritableness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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That may be irritated: easily provoked: (med.) susceptible of excitement or irritation.
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IRRITABLY.
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IRRITABLENESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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That which is endowed with irritability. Every living organized tissue is irritable; that is, capable of feeling an appropriate stimulus, and of moving responsive to such stimulus. Irritable is often used in the same sense as impressible, as when we speak of an irritable person, or habit, or temper. This last condition has been variously termed.
By Robley Dunglison
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