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What does irritability mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word irritability? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability
  2. (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
  3. (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
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The prodrome may include malaise, chills, a feverish feeling, anorexia and irritability.
Nothing is worse than chronic irritability, a feeling of exhaustion and mental fatigue.
Side effects include eye strain, headache, fatigue, irritability and inability to sleep.
These results are consistent with retrospective reports of infant irritability, insomnia, and colic among inhibited children.
Within days my energy levels pick up, and my tendency to ill temper and irritability fades away.
But the family have pulled together and, in spite of fits of irritability, are happy.

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