"counterirritate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: counterirritates [present, singular, third-person], counterirritating [participle, present], counterirritated [participle, past], counterirritated [past]
Etymology: counter- + irritate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|irritate}} counter- + irritate Head templates: {{en-verb}} counterirritate (third-person singular simple present counterirritates, present participle counterirritating, simple past and past participle counterirritated)
  1. (medicine) To produce an opposite irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-counterirritate-en-verb-STGH809A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with counter- Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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