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Webster 1913 Edition

Counterirritation

Coun′ter-irˊri-tant

(-?r′r?-tant)

,

Noun.

,

Coun′ter-irˊri-ta′tion

,

Noun.

See

Counter irritant

, etc., under

,

Adj.

Definition 2024

counterirritation

counterirritation

English

Noun

counterirritation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural counterirritations)

(medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere.

Synonyms

revulsion