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Definition of Counterirritant
1. Noun. A medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation.
Definition of Counterirritant
1. n. See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter,
Definition of Counterirritant
1. Noun. (pharmacology) Any substance used to cause inflammation in one part of the body with the goal of lessening inflammation elsewhere. ¹
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Definition of Counterirritant
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Medical Definition of Counterirritant
1. 1. An agent that causes irritation or a mild inflammation of the skin in order to relieve symptoms of a deep-seated inflammatory process. 2. Relating to or producing counterirritation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterirritant
Literary usage of Counterirritant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1901)
"Sedative and counterirritant Methods. Prognoses. Sciatic Neuritis and Sciatic
Neuralgia. Central and Peripheral Anesthesias. Paresthesias. ..."
2. Rational treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis by Charles Sabourin (1921)
"counterirritant Measures.—This group of measures does not properly come under
... Every known counterirritant was applied over the chests of the patients, ..."
3. Modern methods in nursing by Georgiana Jane Sanders (1922)
"A counterirritant may be applied directly over the ... Applied over the heart,
a counterirritant acts as a stimulant to that organ in conditions of syncope ..."
4. Materia Medica: Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing for by Walter Arthur Bastedo (1918)
"counterirritant Measures.—The more commonly employed counterirritant measures
are: heat, cold, dry-cupping, and drugs. Heat is applied as an electric pad, ..."
5. Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Horatio Charles Wood (1916)
"As a counterirritant oil of turpentine may be used either in the form of a liniment
or of the turpentine stupe. The latter may be made in one of several ..."
6. State Board Questions and Answers by Rudolph Max Goepp (1917)
"Externally, Croton oil is a counterirritant, and if employed undiluted produces
... It is employed for its counterirritant effect in neuritis, bronchitis, ..."
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