ˈerəˌthizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: French éréthisme, from Greek erethismos irritation, from erethein, erethizein to provoke, excite, irritate; akin to Greek ornynai to urge on, incite, call forth — more at rise
: abnormal irritability or responsiveness to stimulation whether generalized or restricted to a particular body part
cardiac erethism
expressed his view … with such an effluence of erethism — Psychiatry
• er·e·this·mic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|thizmik adjective