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Irritability Information

Irritability is an excessive response to stimuli. The term is used for both the physiological reaction to stimuli and for the pathological, abnormal or excessive sensitivity to stimuli; It is usually used to refer to anger or frustration.

Irritability may be demonstrated in behavioral responses to both physiological and behavioral stimuli including environmental, situational, sociological, and emotional stimuli.

Conditions

Irritability can occur in people experiencing any of a variety of conditions, including:

See also

Look up irritability in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Symptoms and signs: cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour (R40–R46, 780.0–780.5, 781.1)
Cognition
Alteration of consciousness Confusion (Delirium) · Somnolence · Obtundation · Stupor · Unconsciousness (Syncope, Coma, Persistent vegetative state)
Fainting/Syncope Carotid sinus syncopeHeat syncopeVasovagal episode
Other Amnesia (Anterograde amnesia, Retrograde amnesia) · Dizziness (Vertigo, Presyncope/Lightheadedness, Disequilibrium) · Convulsion
Emotional state Anxiety · Irritability · Hostility · Suicidal ideation
Behavior Verbosity
Perception/ sensation disorder Olfaction : Anosmia · Hyposmia · Dysosmia · Parosmia · Hyperosmia Taste: Ageusia · Hypogeusia · Dysgeusia · Parageusia · Hypergeusia Hallucination: Auditory hallucination

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Emotions (list)
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Worldviews
Source: Parrott, W. (2001), Emotions in Social Psychology, Psychology Press, Philadelphia.
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Noun

irritability
  1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
  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.
References
  • irritability in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • irritability in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

from: Wiktionary: irritability,
Thu Sep 15 19:31:29 2011