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FORMATIVE IRRITABILITY

\fˈɔːmətˌɪv ˌɪɹɪtəbˈɪlɪti], \fˈɔːmətˌɪv ˌɪɹɪtəbˈɪlɪti], \f_ˈɔː_m_ə_t_ˌɪ_v ˌɪ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ə_b_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_t_i]\

Definitions of FORMATIVE IRRITABILITY

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Of Virchow, the capacity of a cell to produce new protoplasm when excited by a nutritive irritant.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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