counterirritant vs medicinal drug

counterirritant and medicinal drug both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
counterirritant	Yes	No	No	No
medicinal drug	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medicinal drug is a hypernym of counterirritant; that is, medicinal drug is a word with a broader meaning than counterirritant:

counterirritant: a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation
medicinal drug: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of counterirritant include medicament, medication, medicine.

counterirritant (noun)	medicinal drug (noun)
a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

counterirritant vs medicinal drug

counterirritant and medicinal drug both are nouns.

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