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Synonyms for irritant

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Synonyms for irritant

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Synonyms for irritant

something that causes irritation and annoyance

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When your brain realises you've scratched away the irritant, the signal being sent to it that you have an itch is interrupted and therefore is no longer felt by the brain.
The dermatitis can be both an irritant contact dermatitis or contact allergy to a specific component of the slime.
Irritant CD and allergic CD are relatively frequent dermatoses.
The irritant effect of each product was evaluated on the remaining part of the CAM (except for non-opaque formulations which allowed observation of the whole CAM), by monitoring three endpoints for 5 min: hemorrhage (vessel bleeding), lysis (vessels disintegration) and coagulation (intra and extra-vascular protein denaturation).
We can resolve this irritant and exchange more accommodating stance from theUnited Stateshellip andAfghanistanbecause we have a terrorist sitting there, Fazlullah, he said.
For the SLS irritation model, procedure described in literature was used.14 A well-known tensoactive agent was used as an irritant. This substance determines toxic dermatological effect.
We present here a case of a young man who suffered from chronic irritant dermatitis from usage of the same.
Researchers found that out of more than 7,100 cases of irritant contact dermatitis, nearly 1,800 were among health care workers.
Fractions eluted by CHCI3 / MeOH (90:10) CHCI3 / MeOH (40:60) and CHCI3 / MeOH (20:80) showed more irritant potential.
Three staff members were taken to University Hospital of Wales after coming into contact with a skin irritant in a package.
In recent weeks, this irritant has again risen to the top of the agenda in relations between London and Madrid, with the conservative Spanish government threatening to impose a aAeu50 border tax on those using the frontier crossing.
The naphthoic acid compound is dispersed in undissolved form, and the polyurethane polymer is present in an amount sufficient to decrease the irritant effect of the naphthoic acid compound.
Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) is an inflammatory response of the skin to various external stimuli.
Often planted under trees or spring-flowering shrubs at the back of a border, bearing tall spikes of helmeted flowers in blues and purples in the summer, all parts of the plant are poisonous and a skin irritant, causing burning of the lips and mouth, intense vomiting, diarrhoea and spasms.