rubefaction

[ roo-buh-fak-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
2. redness of the skin caused by a rubefacient.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubefaction¹

1650–60; < Latin rubefactus (past participle of rubefacere; rubefacient ) + -ion

Example Sentences

Sometimes the local affection proceeds as far as pustulous eruption, sometimes only to exanthematic rubefaction; hence the various alterations which we have witnessed in the intestines of cattle killed in our presence at the slaughter-houses of the Metropolitan Market, and which we ourselves dissected.

From Project Gutenberg

Great relief is often obtained by this practice; and should it be necessary, I sometimes repeat the application a little lower down towards the shoulders, but never on the same place; for even though no apparent rubefaction may be discerned, the deeper seated structures are apt to be affected, and should the animal survive, serious sloughing may follow, if the blister be repeated too quickly on one part.

From Project Gutenberg