COUNTERIRRITANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does counterirritant mean? 

• COUNTERIRRITANT (noun)
  The noun COUNTERIRRITANT has 1 sense:

1. a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation

  Familiarity information: COUNTERIRRITANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERIRRITANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("counterirritant" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

 Context examples 

It also has a counterirritant effect on skin and mucous membranes, thereby producing a local analgesic or anesthetic effect.

(Levomenthol, NCI Thesaurus)