rubefacient
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin rubefaciens, present participle of rubefacere (“to make red”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹu.bəˈfeɪ.ʃənt/
Adjective[edit]
rubefacient (comparative more rubefacient, superlative most rubefacient)
- Making red.
Noun[edit]
rubefacient (plural rubefacients)
- (medicine) A substance for topical application that produces redness of the skin, e.g. by dilating the capillaries.
- 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 165:
- The symptoms had diminished for a time, under the employment of rubefacients and cathartics; but the pain in the left side of the thorax returned in the evening of the 29th.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
rubefacient