Definition of Chemical irritant

1. Noun. A substance producing irritation.

Generic synonyms: Substance
Specialized synonyms: Capsaicin, Gingerol, Piperin, Piperine, Isothiocyanate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemical Irritant

chemical equation
chemical equilibrium
chemical evolution
chemical eye injuries
chemical fingerprint
chemical flux
chemical formula
chemical group
chemical hazard
chemical hood
chemical horn
chemical imbalance
chemical imbalances
chemical indicator
chemical industry
chemical irritant (current term)
chemical kinetics
chemical knife
chemical laser
chemical law
chemical lithosphere
chemical mechanism
chemical messenger
chemical nomenclature
chemical notation
chemical oceanography
chemical operations
chemical oxygen demand
chemical pathology
chemical peel

Literary usage of Chemical irritant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1872)
"That the chemical irritant sets up chemical changes in the outer layer of pus is fully evidenced to the nose in a badly-dressed wound. ..."

2. The Medical Times and Gazette (1866)
"Whatever you do, remember that the object is to get rid of a chemical irritant, and that if by rough handling of the catheter, by its too frequent use, ..."

3. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1906)
"Here, then, we have a definite external chemical irritant, which causes the cells of the epidermis to become pigmented. It is possible, therefore, ..."

4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"Simple peritonitis, when caused by a sufficient quantity of a chemical irritant, will produce death by the extent of the inflammation. Second. ..."

5. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1904)
"In this lesion the etiological factor is a chemical irritant, a deposit of the salts of urate of soda in the fibrous tissue of the joint capsule or near the ..."

6. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1875)
"Lastly, as Dr. Sanderson has shown, a chemical irritant,, such as liquor ... pathological fluids effused under the influence of the local chemical irritant. ..."

7. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1866)
"... place of the chemical irritant. The catheter must be used more or less frequently, according to the reaction of the urine. If drawing off the water at ..."

8. An Introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy by Thomas Henry Green, Hubert Montague Murray (1895)
"... have come to the opposite conclusion — viz. that under no conditions do simple chemical irritant^ give rise to the formation of pus. ..."

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