COUNTERIRRITANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("counterirritant" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

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