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rubefacient
[ roo-buh-fey-shuhnt ]
adjective
- causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
noun
- Medicine/Medical. a rubefacient application, as a mustard plaster.
Word History and Origins
Origin of rubefacient1
Example Sentences
At the same time rubefacient embrocations may be applied to the abdomen, which should also be compressed slightly with a broad flannel bandage.
Externally applied as a rubefacient, it has been found to relieve headache and toothache.
A milder degree of skin-stimulation is represented by rubefacient liniments of various kinds, which may be briskly rubbed into the skin along the track of the painful nerve, without any danger of producing vesication.
If the circulation slackens, if the skin turns cold, take a piece of wool, coat it with rubefacient liniment, and rub the animal therewith, more particularly along the spine.
Externally chloroform is an antiseptic, a local anaesthetic if allowed to evaporate, and a rubefacient, causing the vessels of the skin to dilate, if rubbed in.
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