Counterirritate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counterirritate \Coun"ter*ir"ri*tate\ (koun"t[~e]r-?r"r?-t?t),
     v. t. (Med.)
     To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid
     process for the purpose of curing another.
     [1913 Webster]