rubefacient

American  

[roo-buh-fey-shuhnt] / ˌru bəˈfeɪ ʃənt /

adjective

1. causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.

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noun

1. Medicine/Medical. a rubefacient application, as a mustard plaster.

Etymology

Origin of rubefacient

1795–1805; < Latin rubefacient- (stem of rubefaciēns, present participle of rubefacere “to redden”), equivalent to rube-, variant stem of rubēre “to redden, be red” + -facient- -facient ( def. )

Example Sentences

Rubefac′tion, the effect or action of a rubefacient.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

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.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

In America the leaves are used as a poultice in otitis, their action being rubefacient.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

When it is required to act as a rubefacient, the blister should remain on from one to three hours for adults, and from fifteen to forty minutes for children.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous