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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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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 (n.)
acerbity, biliousness, choler, crossness, edginess, excitability, fretfulness, fussiness, hot-headedness, irascibility, irritableness, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rudeness, snappishness, surliness, temper, testiness, touchiness
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propriété de réagir à un agent extérieur (fr)[Classe]
propriété de choses (fr)[Classe...]
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irritability (n.)
caractère de ce qui a de la vie, est vif (fr)[Classe]
excessif et trop (fr)[Caract.]
(celerity; velocity; rate; speed; swiftness; fastness; rapidness)[Caract.]
exuberant, vivacious[Propriété~]
bad mood, bile, distemper, humor, humour, ill humor, ill humour, peeve, temper[Hyper.]
fretful, grumpy, querulous, whiney, whiny - bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grousing, grumpy, ill-tempered, kvetch, moody - cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy[Dérivé]
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ICD-10 | R45.4 |
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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.
Irritability can occur in people experiencing any of a variety of conditions, including:
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