IRRITABLE

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 21

adj. Ir'ri9t-aa-b'l. Lat., irritabilis (from irritare, to excite). Fr., i. Ger., reizbar. erregbar. It., irritabile. Sp., f. Manifesting or capable of irritation; of an organ or part, in a morbid state characterized by pain, spasm, etc.. without inflammation. [s. 495]