Definition of irritabilities Irritabilities

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What does irritabilities mean?

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Noun Plural: irritabilities
irritability - an irritable petulant feeling
		crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler
		ill humor, ill humour, distemper an angry and disagreeable mood
		testiness, tetchiness, touchiness feeling easily irritated
irritability - a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
		temper, biliousness, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
		ill nature a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
irritability - excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
		excitability
		reactivity, responsiveness ready susceptibility to chemical change

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irritability (Noun)
The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
irritability (Noun)
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.
irritability (Noun)
A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.

irritability (n.)
The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
irritability (n.)
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 processes, 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.
irritability (n.)
A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.