| irritant | This refers to any substance that causes inflammation following immediate, prolonged, or repeated contact with skin or mucous membranes. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| irritant contact dermatitis | Skin reactions ranging from erythema and scaling to necrotic burns resulting from nonimmunologic damage by chemicals in contact with the skin immediately or repeatedly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| irritant eczema | An inflammatory skin rash that occurs as the result of repeated exposure to a chemical irritant. (for example soaps, cleaners, detergents) (27 Sep 1997) |
| irritants | Drugs that act locally on cutaneous or mucosal surfaces to produce inflammation; those that cause redness due to hyperaemia 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. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dermatitis, irritant | A non-allergic contact dermatitis caused by prolonged exposure to irritants and not explained by delayed hypersensitivity mechanisms. (12 Dec 1998) |
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