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irritation(dictionary)
Irritation(medicine)
irritation(dictionary)
irritation cell(medicine)
irritation fibroma(medicine)
dermal irritation(medicine)
Foramina of Luschka(health)
Luschka, Hubert(medicine)
foramen of Luschka(medicine)

Luschka's bursa (medicine) and irritation (iou)


Luschka's bursa (medicine)


Luschka's bursa -->
pharyngeal bursa
<anatomy> A cystic notochordal remnant found inconstantly in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the lower end of the pharyngeal tonsil.

Synonym: bursa pharyngea, Luschka's bursa, Tornwaldt's cyst.


irritation (iou)



irritation noun. LME.
[Latin irritatio(n-), formed as IRRITATE verb1: see -ATION.]
The action of provoking to activity; incitement. Now rare. LME.
De Quincey Arts and sciences..vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect.
Medicine. Production of abnormal sensitiveness or action in a bodily part or organ; production of mild inflammation. L17.
Anger, impatience, provocation; a cause of this. E18.
J. Gardner It was not frightening..but acutely annoying, one more irritation among a thousand. D. Wigoder 'Can't you get here on time?' he asked, covering his irritation with..casualness.
Biology. The production of some active response (as motion, contraction, nervous impulse) in an organ, tissue, etc., by the application of a stimulus. L18.