irritability

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.

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irritability irritabilities

From Latin irritabilitās, equivalent to irritable + -ity.

petulance fretfulness

hyperirritability superirritability

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