irritant
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“The molecular response is the same. Irritant molecules activate TRPA1,” says Sven-Eric Jordt, who studies pain response pathways at Duke University.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2015
Irritant smokes present a different problem and may be invented in deadlier forms than are at present known but, as they are invented, a counter-invention is sure to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
Manhattan's literary sundowners, who read book reviews far more avidly than books, rate The New Yorker book critic Anthony West as a man with a high IQ�or Irritant Quotient.
From Time Magazine Archive
Irritant, astringent, and sedative; two to four drachms.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert
Irritant poison acts more slowly and produces inflammation which later may result in suppuration and perforation.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Vocabulary lists containing irritant
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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