Converse of object

• avoid: This condition can be prevented through avoiding the irritant.

• contain: Beware of plants which have leaves / sap that contain strong irritants.

Adjective modifier

• respiratory: May act as a skin, eye or respiratory irritant.

• minor: Margaret Thatcher was still a minor irritant whose influence was limited to stealing milk from school children.

• mild: What is classed as a severe eye irritant by one observer may be dismissed as a mild irritant by another.

• constant: Then he admitted the failure to translate promising field positions into points was a constant irritant to his team.

• counter: The dried bark from this species has been applied as a counter irritant ( Morton 1977 ).

• severe: What is classed as a severe eye irritant by one observer may be dismissed as a mild irritant by another.

Modifies a noun

• dermatitis: An irritant dermatitis is most likely to occur on the hands.

• eczema: Irritant contact eczema ( or dermatitis ) is far more common than allergic contact eczema.

• poison: Virus such as distemper or parvo, irritant poisons, food poisoning or dietary allergies are the most common causes of diarrhea.

• substance: Some irritant substances increase the risk of lung cancer.

• reaction: The first is an irritant reaction affecting bulb handlers.

• chemical: They devised the idea of placing an irritant chemical among the metal balls in a shrapnel shell.

Modifying Another Word

• highly: Lung toxins Some of the toxins present in smoke are highly irritant or directly toxic to the bronchial mucosa causing airway inflammation.

Noun used with modifier

• skin: The oil from the bark smells like the spice and is a very strong skin irritant and should never be used on the skin.

• lung: Ozone is a lung irritant emitted from many air cleaners in the market that can trigger allergy reactions, even in small amounts.

• chemical: Chemical irritants in bath water or in underclothes should be avoided.

• eye: Warfarin is not known to be an eye irritant.

Preposition: by

• test: The juice of the fruit is generally not irritant by patch test.