counterirritant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

counterirritant
    n 1: a medicine applied locally to produce superficial
         inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Counterirritant \Coun"ter*ir`ri*tant\ (-?r"r?-tant), n.,
Counterirritation \Coun"ter*ir`ri*ta"tion\, n.
   See {Counter irritant}, etc., under {Counter}, a.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "counterirritant":
      adjuvant, antacid, antidote, buffer, carminative, counteractant,
      counteractive, counteragent, emmenagogue, expectorant, hormone,
      maturative, neutralizer, nullifier, offset, preventative,
      preventive, prophylactic, remedy, vasodilator, vitamin

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