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rubefaction
American
[roo-buh-fak-shuhn]
/ ˌru bəˈfæk ʃən /
noun
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the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
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redness of the skin caused by a rubefacient.
Etymology
Origin of rubefaction
1650–60; < Latin rubefactus (past participle of rubefacere; see rubefacient) + -ion
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