Definitions for rubefacientˌru bəˈfeɪ ʃənt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ru•be•fa•cientˌru bəˈfeɪ ʃənt(adj.)

  1. causing redness of the skin.

  2. (n.)a rubefacient application, as a mustard plaster.

    Category: Medicine

Origin of rubefacient:

1795–1805; < L rubefacient-, s. of rubefaciēns, prp. of rubefacere to redden =rube-, var. s. of rubēre to redden, be red +facere to make, do1

Princeton's WordNet

  1. rubefacient(noun)

    a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rubefacient(adj)

    making red

  2. Rubefacient(noun)

    an external application which produces redness of the skin


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