Irritant

Introduction: Irritant

Description of Irritant

Irritant: Drugs that act locally on cutaneous or mucosal surfaces to produce inflammation; those that cause redness due to hyperemia are rubefacients; those that raise blisters are vesicants and those that penetrate sebaceous glands and cause abscesses are pustulants; tear gases and mustard gases are also irritants.
Source: MeSH 2007

Irritant: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Irritant:

• Irritation
• Agent
• Action

Terms associated with Irritant:

Terms Similar to Irritant:

• Counterirritants
• Pustulants
• Rubefacients
• Vesicants

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Irritant:

• Tear Gases

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Irritant

• Specialty Uses of Chemicals
• Riot Control Agents, Chemical
• Noxae

Source - MeSH 2007

The following terms can be used for Irritant

• irritation /irritant

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Irritant

The following list attempts to classify Irritant into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Chemical Actions and Uses
  • Specialty Uses of Chemicals
    • Irritants

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Chemical Actions and Uses
  • Specialty Uses of Chemicals
    • Riot Control Agents, Chemical
      • Irritants

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Chemical Actions and Uses
  • Toxic Actions
    • Noxae
      • Irritants

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Chemical Actions and Uses
  • Toxic Actions
    • Noxae
      • Riot Control Agents, Chemical
        • Irritants

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