Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine, to produce an artificial inflammation or congestion in order to relieve a morbid condition existing in another part.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Med.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.
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- verb medicine To produce an
opposite irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.
Etymologies
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counter- + irritate
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