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n. The act of irritating.

n. The condition of being irritated; vexation: honked the horn with irritation at the delay.

n. A source of irritation.

n. Pathology A condition of inflammation, soreness, or irritability of a bodily organ or part.

n. Physiology The elicitation of activity or response in an animal or plant organ or tissue.

n. The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.

n. The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.

n. A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.

n. The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.

n. The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; ; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.

n. A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.

n. The act of irritating, or the state of being irritated; impatient or angry excitement; provocation; exasperation.

n. Stimulation; incitement; a stirring up to activity.

n. In physiology, the act of evoking some action, or change of state, in a muscle, nerve, or other living tissue, by some chemical, physical, or pathological agent; the state or action thus evoked.

n. a sudden outburst of anger

n. the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland

n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

n. the act of troubling or annoying someone

n. an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

n. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

n. (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation

"And yet, whenever I ceased struggling for sleep, and lighted the lamp and read, my skin irritation decreased."

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