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Counterirritant

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any substance used to cause inflammation in one part of the body with the goal of lessening inflammation elsewhere.
  2. 2
    a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation wordnet

Etymology

From counter- + irritant.

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