COUNTERIRRITANT

counterirritant

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

counterirritant (plural counterirritants)

(pharmacology) Any substance used to cause inflammation in one part of the body with the goal of lessening inflammation elsewhere.

Source: Wiktionary


Coun"ter*ir`ri*tant (-r"r-tant), n., Coun"ter*ir`ri*ta"tion, n.

Definition: See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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