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counterirritant

counterirritant noun: any substance used to cause inflammation in one part of the body with the goal of lessening inflammation elsewhere.

Noun

counterirritant (plural counterirritants)

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

counterirritant meaning in Tamil

counterirritant in Tamil

உறுத்தி எதிர்ப்பி, எதிர் உறுத்தல், எதிர்உறுத்தி

Forms of counterirritant

pluralcounterirritants

Origin of counterirritant

From counter- + irritant.

Questions about counterirritant

What does counterirritant mean?
Counterirritant means any substance used to cause inflammation in one part of the body with the goal of lessening inflammation elsewhere.
What is counterirritant in Tamil?
Counterirritant in Tamil is உறுத்தி எதிர்ப்பி, எதிர் உறுத்தல், எதிர்உறுத்தி. See Counterirritant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is counterirritant?
Counterirritant is a noun.
What is the plural of counterirritant?
The plural of counterirritant is counterirritants.

Words near counterirritant in the dictionary

  1. counterionise
  2. counterionised
  3. counterionize
  4. counterionized
  5. counterions
  6. counterirritant
  7. counterirritants
  8. counterirritate
  9. counterirritated
  10. counterirritates
  11. counterirritating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counterirritant (page history and authors); counterirritant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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