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Erethism

noun
1.
An abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part.





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... suppurations, which succeed inflammatory haemoptysis. It is employed without success in local phlegmorrhagies of the lungs; but it almost invariably cures those chronic catarrhs, which depend on a state of erethism of the mucous lining of the bronchiae. This disease is sometimes called chronic bronchitis, sometimes mucous consumption, pulmonic catarrh, and galloping consumption. If the diagnosis in this case be well made out, hopes may be entertained of a ...
— North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 • Various


Words linked to "Erethism" :   abnormality, abnormalcy


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