Canadian English Meaning of irritability

irritability

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Definitions and Meaning of irritability in English

Wordnet

irritability (n)

an irritable petulant feeling

excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Webster

irritability (n.)

The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.

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, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.

A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

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