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rubefacient en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɹu.bəˈfeɪ.ʃənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin rubefaciens, present participle of rubefacere (“to make red”).

Meanings

  1. Making red.

Forms

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Synonyms

rubescent

rubefacient en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹu.bəˈfeɪ.ʃənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin rubefaciens, present participle of rubefacere (“to make red”).

Meanings

  1. A 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:

Forms

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