IRRITANCY

Etymology

Noun

irritancy (countable and uncountable, plural irritancies)

The quality of being irritant or irritating.

(legal, Scotland) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity.

Source: Wiktionary


Ir"ri*tan*cy, n. Etym: [From 1st Irritant.] (Scots Law)

Definition: The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture. Burrill.

Ir"ri*tan*cy, n. Etym: [From 2d Irritant.]

Definition: The state o quality of being irritant or irritating.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


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