revulsion

  1. Noun.  abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
  2. Noun.  A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
  3. Noun.  (medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.

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