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y invalidating. The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance. Hayward.

A medicine that diminishes irritation.

See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a.

The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

me as Contrafissure. -- Counter indication. (Med.) Same as Contraindication. -- Counter irritant (Med.), an irritant to produce a blister, a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in some other part. "Counter irritants are of as great use in moral a…

Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.

Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

The state o quality of being irritant or irritating.

icine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.

e compounds of osmium. It has a burning taste, and gives off a vapor, which is a powerful irritant poison, violently attacking the eyes, and emitting a strong chlorinelike odor. Formerly improperly called osmic acid.

ivided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain.

f powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.