Irritability
[ir-i-tuh-bil-i-tee] /ˌɪr ɪ təˈbɪl ɪ ti/
noun, plural irritabilities.
1.
the quality or state of being .
2.
Physiology, Biology. the ability to be excited to a characteristic action or function by the application of some stimulus:
Protoplasm displays irritability by responding to heat.
n.
1755, from irritable + -ity.
irritability ir·ri·ta·bil·i·ty (ĭr’ĭ-tə-bĭl’ĭ-tē)
n.
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