irritableadj.

/ˈɪrɪtəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin irrītābilis, < irrītāre irritate v.¹: see -ble suffix. Compare French irritable (1547 in Hatzfeld and Darmesteter).

Capable of being irritated; susceptible of irritation.

1. Readily excited to anger or impatience; easily ruffled or annoyed.

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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]

sharpc1000

impatient1377

out-sharpinga1382

teethya1500

fumish1523

testy1526

crabbed1535

tettish1567

peevish1577

kickish1589

splenetic1593

spleenful1594

tetchy1596

wasp-stung1598

touchy1602

spleeny1604

pruriginous1609

teety1621

splenitive1633

peltish1648

irritable1662

splenatic1663

splenetive1678

unheer1691

rusty1694

nettlesome1766

stingy1781

snarly1798

tutty1809

spleenical1818

rileya1824

nettly1825

edgy1837

porcupinal1846

shirty1846

raspish1854

peckish1857

streaky1860

owly1864

teasy1866

fussy1869

raspy1869

spiky1881

chippyc1885

tetchous1890

narky1895

snarky1906

ringy1907

snarkish1912

Scot1916

crooked1945

niggly1952

snooty1959

kvetchy1965

to be on the rag1967

sandpaper1976

gribble1984

splenous-

1662 H. More Coll. Several Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Pref. Gen. 10 It could never enter into my minde that he was either irritable or propitiable by the omitting or performing of any mean and insignificant services.

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 249 He was irritable and resentful.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vi. ii. 48 His ill health made him more suspicious and irritable than ever.

1861 J. E. Erichsen Sci. & Art Surg. (ed. 3) i. 2 Persons of an irritable and anxious mind do not bear operations so well as those of a more tranquil mental constitution.

1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience i. xi I have lived in..the irritablest of families.

a. Readily excited to action; highly responsive to stimulus; (of a bodily organ or part), Excessively or morbidly excitable or sensitive (see irritate v.¹ 3).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [adjective] > irritability

irritating1707

irritable1791

irritative1807

hyperirritable1922

1791 E. Burke Appeal Whigs in Wks. (1808) VI. 8 Accused of provoking irritable power to new excesses.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 78 When its excretion is by any means obstructed, it produces insensible and irritable constitutions.

1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 59 The destruction of the irritable decayed surface [of a tooth].

1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 27 He had an irritable stomach and was..much annoyed with acidity.

1884 H. James En Province in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 519/2 Our modern nerves, our irritable sympathies, our easy discomforts and fears, make one think (in some relations) less respectfully of human nature.

1887 J. H. Ewing Dandelion Clocks 13 One cannot help having an irritable brain, which rides an idea to the moon and home again..whilst some folks are getting the harness of words on to its back.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 751 The tongue is slightly furred or is red and irritable looking.

b. irritable heart n. a syndrome characterized by shortness of breath on exertion, palpitation, fatigue, chest pain, and dizziness, and believed to be psychosomatic; ‘soldier's heart’.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > [noun] > other heart disorders

regurgitation1683

pneumopericardium1821

concentric hypertrophy1828

hydropericardium1834

stenocardia1842

cardiosclerosis1848

pyopericardium1848

irritable heart1864

pyopneumopericardium1878

tobacco heart1884

akinesis1888

smoker's heart1888

pneumopericarditis1890

cardioptosis1895

soldier's heart1898

diver's palsy1900

cardiomyopathy1901

cigarette heart1908

neurocirculatory asthenia1918

Fallot1922

cor pulmonale1935

Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome1935

fibroelastosis1943

restenosis1954

akinesia1970

stress cardiomyopathy2005

1864 J. M. Da Costa Med. Diagnosis iv. 280 These statements are not intended to be final. They are but a very short summary of the results of a large number of observations which I have had an opportunity of making on these cases of ‘irritable heart’, and which elsewhere..will be laid before the profession.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 350/2 Another aspect of the cardiological problem..is the so-called ‘nervous or irritable heart’.

1971 H. L. Conn & O. Horwitz Cardiac & Vascular Dis. I. xxiv. 600/1 This condition has been known by many names, such as irritable heart, soldier's heart, disordered action of the heart, functional heart disease, effort syndrome, and neurocirculatory asthenia.

3. Physiology and Biology. Of an organ, tissue, etc. of an animal or plant: Capable of being excited to vital action by the application of some physical stimulus; said esp. of muscles and nerves, as subject respectively to contraction and to motor or sensory impulse under the influence of the proper external forces.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > stimulation > [adjective] > stimulable or irritable

irritable1793

stimulable1803

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 181 The irritable fibres in the same system have not all the same degree of irritability. They have different degrees of capacity for the irritable principle.

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 784 In a smaller number of instances periodically motile foliage-leaves..are irritable to touch or concussion.

1878 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 2) iii. i. 394 A sensory nerve in its simplest form may be regarded as a strand of eminently irritable protoplasm.

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c. irritable bowel syndrome, a condition of unknown aetiology which is often associated with stress, anxiety, or depression and which is characterized by recurrent abdominal pain and constipation or diarrhoea; spastic colon. Also elliptical as irritable bowel.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [noun] > other intestinal disorders

cholera1601

cœliac1661

cœliac passion or flux1662

bota1722

mucocele1897

Hirschsprung's disease1900

paraproctitis1900

peptic ulcer1900

megacolon1906

outpouching1909

typhlatony1913

polyposis1914

argentaffinoma1934

irritable bowel syndrome1943

Meckel's diverticulum1946

Meckel's diverticulitis1954

1929 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 24 Aug. 592/1 The term ‘irritable colon’ has been used to define a condition in which the musculoneural apparatus of the colon has lost its coordination and correlated function.]

1943 W. C. Alvarez Nervousness, Indigestion, & Pain xx. 319 (heading) The irritable bowel syndrome commonly called mucous or spastic colitis.

1943 W. C. Alvarez Nervousness, Indigestion, & Pain xx. 321 For all this, it would seem highly desirable that we physicians discard the term mucous or spastic colitis, and use instead the term irritable or sensitive bowel.

1967 Amer. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 47 427 Lactase deficiency, one of the more recent discoveries, has explained the etiology and the treatment of one group of patients formerly included in the irritable bowel syndrome.

1978 Lancet 9 Sept. 558/1 Many normal people have changes in colonic motor activity and abdominal symptoms when under stress... However, the reaction may be more severe in irritable-bowel patients.

1985 Scand. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 20 Suppl. cix. 107 About five per cent of the adult population each year will see their doctor with complaints that are finally characterised as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	irritable
释义	irritableadj. /ˈɪrɪtəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin irrītābilis, < irrītāre irritate v.¹: see -ble suffix. Compare French irritable (1547 in Hatzfeld and Darmesteter). Capable of being irritated; susceptible of irritation. 1. Readily excited to anger or impatience; easily ruffled or annoyed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective] sharpc1000 impatient1377 out-sharpinga1382 teethya1500 fumish1523 testy1526 crabbed1535 tettish1567 peevish1577 kickish1589 splenetic1593 spleenful1594 tetchy1596 wasp-stung1598 touchy1602 spleeny1604 pruriginous1609 teety1621 splenitive1633 peltish1648 irritable1662 splenatic1663 splenetive1678 unheer1691 rusty1694 nettlesome1766 stingy1781 snarly1798 tutty1809 spleenical1818 rileya1824 nettly1825 edgy1837 porcupinal1846 shirty1846 raspish1854 peckish1857 streaky1860 owly1864 teasy1866 fussy1869 raspy1869 spiky1881 chippyc1885 tetchous1890 narky1895 snarky1906 ringy1907 snarkish1912 Scot1916 crooked1945 niggly1952 snooty1959 kvetchy1965 to be on the rag1967 sandpaper1976 gribble1984 splenous- 1662 H. More Coll. Several Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Pref. Gen. 10 It could never enter into my minde that he was either irritable or propitiable by the omitting or performing of any mean and insignificant services. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 249 He was irritable and resentful. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vi. ii. 48 His ill health made him more suspicious and irritable than ever. 1861 J. E. Erichsen Sci. & Art Surg. (ed. 3) i. 2 Persons of an irritable and anxious mind do not bear operations so well as those of a more tranquil mental constitution. 1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience i. xi I have lived in..the irritablest of families. 2. a. Readily excited to action; highly responsive to stimulus; (of a bodily organ or part), Excessively or morbidly excitable or sensitive (see irritate v.¹ 3). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [adjective] > irritability irritating1707 irritable1791 irritative1807 hyperirritable1922 1791 E. Burke Appeal Whigs in Wks. (1808) VI. 8 Accused of provoking irritable power to new excesses. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 78 When its excretion is by any means obstructed, it produces insensible and irritable constitutions. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 59 The destruction of the irritable decayed surface [of a tooth]. 1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 27 He had an irritable stomach and was..much annoyed with acidity. 1884 H. James En Province in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 519/2 Our modern nerves, our irritable sympathies, our easy discomforts and fears, make one think (in some relations) less respectfully of human nature. 1887 J. H. Ewing Dandelion Clocks 13 One cannot help having an irritable brain, which rides an idea to the moon and home again..whilst some folks are getting the harness of words on to its back. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 751 The tongue is slightly furred or is red and irritable looking. b. irritable heart n. a syndrome characterized by shortness of breath on exertion, palpitation, fatigue, chest pain, and dizziness, and believed to be psychosomatic; ‘soldier's heart’. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > [noun] > other heart disorders regurgitation1683 pneumopericardium1821 concentric hypertrophy1828 hydropericardium1834 stenocardia1842 cardiosclerosis1848 pyopericardium1848 irritable heart1864 pyopneumopericardium1878 tobacco heart1884 akinesis1888 smoker's heart1888 pneumopericarditis1890 cardioptosis1895 soldier's heart1898 diver's palsy1900 cardiomyopathy1901 cigarette heart1908 neurocirculatory asthenia1918 Fallot1922 cor pulmonale1935 Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome1935 fibroelastosis1943 restenosis1954 akinesia1970 stress cardiomyopathy2005 1864 J. M. Da Costa Med. Diagnosis iv. 280 These statements are not intended to be final. They are but a very short summary of the results of a large number of observations which I have had an opportunity of making on these cases of ‘irritable heart’, and which elsewhere..will be laid before the profession. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 350/2 Another aspect of the cardiological problem..is the so-called ‘nervous or irritable heart’. 1971 H. L. Conn & O. Horwitz Cardiac & Vascular Dis. I. xxiv. 600/1 This condition has been known by many names, such as irritable heart, soldier's heart, disordered action of the heart, functional heart disease, effort syndrome, and neurocirculatory asthenia. 3. Physiology and Biology. Of an organ, tissue, etc. of an animal or plant: Capable of being excited to vital action by the application of some physical stimulus; said esp. of muscles and nerves, as subject respectively to contraction and to motor or sensory impulse under the influence of the proper external forces. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > stimulation > [adjective] > stimulable or irritable irritable1793 stimulable1803 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 181 The irritable fibres in the same system have not all the same degree of irritability. They have different degrees of capacity for the irritable principle. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 784 In a smaller number of instances periodically motile foliage-leaves..are irritable to touch or concussion. 1878 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 2) iii. i. 394 A sensory nerve in its simplest form may be regarded as a strand of eminently irritable protoplasm. Draft additions 1993 c. irritable bowel syndrome, a condition of unknown aetiology which is often associated with stress, anxiety, or depression and which is characterized by recurrent abdominal pain and constipation or diarrhoea; spastic colon. Also elliptical as irritable bowel. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [noun] > other intestinal disorders cholera1601 cœliac1661 cœliac passion or flux1662 bota1722 mucocele1897 Hirschsprung's disease1900 paraproctitis1900 peptic ulcer1900 megacolon1906 outpouching1909 typhlatony1913 polyposis1914 argentaffinoma1934 irritable bowel syndrome1943 Meckel's diverticulum1946 Meckel's diverticulitis1954 1929 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 24 Aug. 592/1 The term ‘irritable colon’ has been used to define a condition in which the musculoneural apparatus of the colon has lost its coordination and correlated function.] 1943 W. C. Alvarez Nervousness, Indigestion, & Pain xx. 319 (heading) The irritable bowel syndrome commonly called mucous or spastic colitis. 1943 W. C. Alvarez Nervousness, Indigestion, & Pain xx. 321 For all this, it would seem highly desirable that we physicians discard the term mucous or spastic colitis, and use instead the term irritable or sensitive bowel. 1967 Amer. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 47 427 Lactase deficiency, one of the more recent discoveries, has explained the etiology and the treatment of one group of patients formerly included in the irritable bowel syndrome. 1978 Lancet 9 Sept. 558/1 Many normal people have changes in colonic motor activity and abdominal symptoms when under stress... However, the reaction may be more severe in irritable-bowel patients. 1985 Scand. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 20 Suppl. cix. 107 About five per cent of the adult population each year will see their doctor with complaints that are finally characterised as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1662
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