What's the difference between counterirritation and revulsion?
Counterirritation
Definition:
(n.) See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a.
Example Sentences:
(1) (4) These results and their theoretical implications are discussed with regard to the concept of the "analgesic system", certain clinical observations and the paradoxical pain relieving effects of counterirritation and some forms of acupuncture.
(2) Methyl salicylate, a lipophilic liquid is one of the most commonly used analgesic, counterirritant and rubifacient ingredients in the commercially marketed over-the-counter dermatological products.
(3) Lateral differences both in response to cowage and to counterirritation were obtained.
(4) Drug treatment and electrical counterirritation methods gave improvement in 60% of cases but only 15% became pain free.
(5) Comparison of our results to studies of counterirritation indicate that the analgesia produced by needle puncture involves a mechanism similar to that of counterirritation-induced analgesia.
(6) The experimental study of itch was reviewed, and an experiment performed to test the effects of ipsilateral and contralateral counterirritation distal to the itching wrist.
(7) Counterirritation consisted of a 10-sec immersion of the fingers into a 2 degrees C water bath.
(8) Methyl salicylate, a commonly used chemical counterirritant, was applied topically to the forearm to determine whether a nonpainful chemical irritation could inhibit the perception of another (weaker) chemical irritation.
(9) Some anti-inflammatory activity was also due to counterirritancy.
(10) Counterirritation, the phenomenon of one painful stimulus reducing pain caused by a second noxious stimulus, has been recognized clinically for decades.
(11) This study was designed to investigate the effects of a new product of counterirritant, Eucalyptamint, on the cutaneous circulation and on skin and muscle temperatures.
(12) Overall, the results indicate that (1) chemical counterirritation can occur at nonpainful levels; (2) the resulting inhibition is confined to the nociceptive system; and (3) when the nociceptive and warmth system are activated together, the tendency is toward integration rather than inhibition.
(13) Self-biting may be an emotional response to pain or a type of counterirritation to alleviate pain.
(14) Several previous studies have demonstrated that, depending upon the behavioral test used, counterirritation can elicit hypoalgesia at body sites distant from the second painful stimulus.
(15) Recently a physiological mechanism to explain counterirritation was described and termed diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNICs).
(16) This theory accounts satisfactorily for the modulation of pain by counterirritation and by various methods of stimulating large-fiber input.
(17) The TENS related modulation also appears to be comparable to that produced by other nonpharmacological analgesic manipulations such as counterirritation and changes in attention.
(18) In general, counterirritation reduced itch significantly more than the control procedure during the treatment period and the first three intervals following treatment.
Revulsion
Definition:
(n.) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
(n.) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.
(n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.
Example Sentences:
(1) For a while yesterday, Hazel Blears's selfishly-timed resignation with her rude "rock the boat" brooch send shudders of revulsion through some in the party.
(2) The alleged killer could not imagine how the city of Charleston, under the good and wise leadership of Mayor Riley – how the state of South Carolina, how the United States of America would respond – not merely with revulsion at his evil act, but with big-hearted generosity and, more importantly, with a thoughtful introspection and self-examination that we so rarely see in public life.
(3) It took place on 6 July 2011, two days after the Guardian had published the story about the hacking of Milly Dowler's phone that unleashed a wave of national revulsion and led to the closure of the News of the World.
(4) The foundation's decision to stand firm in the face of a nationwide wave of revulsion to last month's bloody events is all the more striking given that the organisation's headquarters are located in Newtown, just three miles from Sandy Hook school where the carnage occurred.
(5) Instead he buried them in paper, interring them in a tortuous numbering system he devised himself, or in the case of some detailed anatomical details of women's genitals, folding over the page to conceal them, undoubtedly with a shudder of revulsion.
(6) The revulsion was shared by Breivik's estranged father.
(7) Ruling parties, political elites and former ministers in a string of EU countries are embroiled in cash-for-influence scandals that are exposing widespread allegations of corruption, triggering public revulsion and a voters' backlash.
(8) The move was implemented by the party's chief whip, Nick Brown, and fuelled by backbench revulsion at claims that the trio had been using their ministerial experience to seek profitable lobbying consultancies.
(9) Another case that sparked public revulsion was that of Victoria Climbié, who was beaten, burned with cigarettes and forced to sleep in a binliner in a bath during her short life.
(10) Clinton repeated her support for a woman’s right to control her body, while Trump showed his revulsion of late-term abortions and repeatedly described it as “ rip[ping] the baby out of the womb ”.
(11) Revulsion against a discredited elite and its failed social and economic project steadily deepened after 2008.
(12) My revulsion at this act of terrorism happened in black church on a Wednesday night is twofold: I’m horrified that nine lives have been stolen, destroying life as it was known for countless families and an entire congregation; I’m nauseated that the good folks taking care of their communities on Wednesday nights will now do so with varying degrees of terror forever.
(13) Paul Kenny, GMB general secretary There is widespread revulsion that the government is deliberately adding to the dole queues at a time when the economy has not recovered from the "bankers recession".
(14) When South Africa's apartheid police massacred 69 people in Sharpeville in 1960, the revulsion spread as far as northern England.
(15) Tony Abbott says the world should be “filled with revulsion” at the news a Malaysia Airlines plane carrying at least 23 Australians was reportedly shot down in Ukraine on Thursday.
(16) Public revulsion at his actions played a decisive role in winning support for the lengthy campaign of peaceful civil disobedience led by Mahatma Gandhi which culminated in Indian independence in 1947.
(17) Today, in a sudden revulsion against market economics he is penalising buy-to-let investors – and their tenants.
(18) In 2010 the director of Rivarol , Jérôme Bourgon, told Le Monde : “For me Marine Le Pen is a demon , an absolute enemy from all points of view … It’s total revulsion, which is in fact reciprocal.” Marine has called on her father to fall on his sword and step out of the political ring.
(19) In May, two girls in Uttar Pradesh state found hanging from a tree had been gang-raped in a case that sparked public revulsion.
(20) I remember the embarrassment, the discomfort, at the lascivious drool coming from his chops, and the physical revulsion at his presumed erection from looking at a girl pretty much the same as me, but without the school uniform and with probably fewer chances in life.