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counterirritant definition

counter·irri·tant (-ir′ə tənt)

noun

anything used to produce a slight irritation, as of an area of the skin, in order to relieve more serious inflammation elsewhere

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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