Meanings
comparative more rubefacient · superlative most rubefacient
plural rubefacients
- medicineA substance for topical application that produces redness of the skin, e.g. by dilating the capillaries.
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.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMaking red.
Origin
- Latinrubefaciens
- Englishrubefacient
From Latin rubefaciens, present participle of rubefacere (“to make red”).
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