counterirritant

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: coun=ter=ir=ri=tant

CIDE DICTIONARY

counterirritant, n. 

 See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

counterirritant, n.
1 Med. something used to produce surface irritation of the skin, thereby counteracting more painful symptoms.
2 anything resembling a counterirritant in its effects.

Derivative

counterirritation n.

THESAURUS

counterirritant

adjuvant, antacid, antidote, buffer, carminative, counteractant, counteractive, counteragent, emmenagogue, expectorant, hormone, maturative, neutralizer, nullifier, offset, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, remedy, vasodilator, vitamin