irritative
nounEtymology From irritate + -ive.
1
Medicine, Sciences Any substance causing irritation; an irritant.
- Derived terms
- inirritative, irritativeness, nonirritative
irritative
adjEtymology From irritate + -ive.
1
Medicine, Sciences serving to excite or irritate
- an irritative agent
2
Medicine, Sciences accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation
- an irritative fever
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