definição e significado de Irritability

Definição

irritability (n.)

1.a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger"his temper was well known to all his employees"

2.excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part

3.an irritable petulant feeling

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Merriam Webster

IrritabilityIr`ri*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. irritabilitas: cf. F. irritabilité.]

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

2. (Physiol.) 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 possesses, 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.

3. (Med.) 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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Irritability
ICD-10	R 45.4
ICD-9	799.2

Irritability is an excessive response to stimuli. The term is used for both the physiological reaction to stimuli and for the pathological, abnormal or excessive sensitivity to stimuli; It is usually used to refer to anger or frustration.

Irritability may be demonstrated in behavioral responses to both physiological and behavioral stimuli including environmental, situational, sociological, and emotional stimuli.

Conditions

Irritability can occur in people experiencing any of a variety of conditions, including:

Alteration of consciousness	Confusion (Delirium) · Somnolence · Obtundation · Stupor · Unconsciousness (Syncope, Coma, Persistent vegetative state)

Fainting/Syncope	Carotid sinus syncope • Heat syncope • Vasovagal episode

Other	Amnesia (Anterograde amnesia, Retrograde amnesia) · Dizziness (Vertigo, Presyncope/Lightheadedness, Disequilibrium) · Convulsion

Emotional state

Anxiety · Irritability · Hostility · Suicidal ideation

Behavior

Verbosity

Perception/
sensation
disorder

Olfaction : Anosmia · Hyposmia · Dysosmia · Parosmia · Hyperosmia

Taste: Ageusia · Hypogeusia · Dysgeusia · Parageusia · Hypergeusia

Hallucination: Auditory hallucination

M: PSO/PSI

mepr

dsrd (o, p, m, p, a, d, s), sysi/epon, spvo

proc(eval/thrp), drug(N5A/5B/5C/6A/6B/6D)

M: OLF

M: TST

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Emotions (list)

Emotions	Adoration Affection Agony Awe Amusement Anger Anguish Annoyance Anxiety Arousal Attraction Caring Compassion Contempt Contentment Defeat Dejection Depression Desire Despair Disappointment Disgust Ecstasy Embarrassment Empathy Enthrallment Enthusiasm Envy Euphoria Excitement Fear Frustration Grief Guilt Happiness Hatred Homesickness Hope Horror Hostility Humiliation Hysteria Infatuation Insecurity Insult Interest Irritation Isolation Jealousy Loneliness Longing Love Lust Melancholy Neglect Optimism Panic Passion Pity Pleasure Pride Rage Regret Rejection Remorse Resentment Sadness Sentimentality Shame Shock Sorrow Spite Suffering Surprise Sympathy Tenseness Thrill Revenge Wonder Worry Diligence Zest

Worldviews	Compatibilism Existentialism Fatalism Incompatibilism Metaphysics Nihilism Optimism Pessimism Reclusion Social justice Weltschmerz

Source: Parrott, W. (2001), Emotions in Social Psychology, Psychology Press, Philadelphia.

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Definição e significado de Irritability

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