Definition
Relating to or causing irritation or abnormal sensitivity in the body or nervous system.
Etymology
From Greek 'erethizein' meaning 'to irritate' or 'to provoke,' combined with the suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to.' The term emerged in medical terminology in the 18th-19th centuries to describe physiological states of heightened irritability.
Kelly Says
Medical students once used 'erethism' to describe a mysterious condition where people became hyperactive, irritable, and trembling—later discovered to be mercury poisoning from hat-makers who used mercury in felt production, inspiring the phrase 'mad as a hatter.'
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እረት Heist ሚክ
eh-reth-is-mik
ARالعربية
إرثيتسيك
ir-eth-ti-sik
BNবাংলা
এরেথিসমিক
eh-re-this-mik
CACatalà
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
CSČeština
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
DADansk
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
DEDeutsch
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
ELΕλληνικά
Ερεθισμικός
eh-reh-this-mik-os
ESEspañol
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
FAفارسی
ایریتِسمیک
ir-i-te-sim-ik
FISuomi
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
FRFrançais
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
GUGU
એરથીસમિક
eh-re-this-mik
HAHA
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
HEעברית
אֶרְתִּיסְמִי
eh-reth-sim-i
HIहिन्दी
एरेथिसमिक
eh-reh-this-mik
HUMagyar
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
IDBahasa Indonesia
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
IGIG
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
ITItaliano
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
KKKK
еретизмiк
eh-re-tiz-mik
KMKM
អេរ៉េថិសមិច
eh-reh-thi-sim-ik
KO한국어
에레티스믹
e-re-ti-sim-ik
MRMR
एरेथिसमिक
eh-reh-this-mik
MSBahasa Melayu
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
MYမြန်မာ
အေရိသမိတ်
eh-reh-thi-sam-ik
NLNederlands
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
NONorsk
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
PAPA
ਏਰੇਥਿਸਮਿਕ
eh-reh-this-mik
PLPolski
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
PTPortuguês
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
RORomână
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
RUРусский
эретизмический
eh-re-tiz-mi-ches-ki
SVSvenska
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
SWKiswahili
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
TAதமிழ்
எரெத்திசமிக்க
eh-re-thi-sa-mik
TEతెలుగు
ఎరెథిస్మిక
eh-re-this-mik
THไทย
เอเรทิสมิก
eh-reh-ti-sim-ik
TLTL
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
TRTürkçe
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
UKУкраїнська
еретизмічний
eh-re-tiz-mi-ches-ki
URاردو
ایریتھسِمک
ir-ith-sim-ik
VITiếng Việt
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
YOYO
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik
ZH中文
埃雷斯弥克
ai-er-si-mi-ke
ZUZU
erethismic
eh-reh-this-mik