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. )