释义 |
abirritate in British English (æbˈɪrɪˌteɪt) verb(transitive) medicine obsolete to soothe or make less irritable abirritate in American English (æbˈɪrɪˌteit) transitive verbWord forms: -tated, -tatingMedicine to make less irritable; soothe Derived forms abirritation noun Word origin [ab- + irritate]ab- is a formal element occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “away from”.Other words that use the affix ab- include: abdicate, abolition |