"Irritation" is a word in ENGLISH
The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited
to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense,
when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of
exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as,
the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of
a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness
of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of
ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of
being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and
uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion;
provocation; annoyance; anger.
I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?
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That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by …
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