Definitions for irritants

irritants ir·ri·tant

Spelling: [ir-i-tnt]
IPA: /ˈɪr ɪ tnt/

Irritants is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in irritants (aiinrrstt).

Definitions for irritants

noun

  1. anything that irritates.
  2. Physiology, Pathology. a biological, chemical, or physical agent that stimulates a characteristic function or elicits a response, especially an inflammatory response.

adjective

  1. tending to cause irritation; irritating.

Origin of irritants

1630-40; Latin irrītant- (stem of irrītāns), present participle of irrītāre to irritate; see -ant

Examples for irritants

Antimony compounds act as irritants both externally and internally.

They are absolutely free from minerals, mercurials, caustics or irritants.

Removing the worms by irritants or by mechanical means does not remove the cause of their existence or reproduction in the body.

For conservative partisans, Hagel is now the embodiment of all these irritants.

I at once used friction and irritants, and in an hour and a half the respiration increased.

irritants in feed must be avoided, sprains appropriately treated, and stone in bladder or urethra removed.

Bode reported that injection of irritants such as lithium salts or quinine hydrochloride had no apparent effect on the symbiotes.

When it is absorbed by the blood its chemical ingredients act on certain nerves as irritants.

Dare we assume that these irritants were not without effect in hastening the conclusion?

But little, I believe, has been definitely proved save that the antenn are sensitive to touch and to irritants generally.

Word Value for irritants
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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