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

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rubefacient

Therapeutically it is used externally in leprosy, old ulcers and to destroy corns, but on account of its rubefacient and vesicant qualities it is necessary to use it cautiously.

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

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.

Cayenne pepper is used in medicine chiefly in the form of tincture, as a rubefacient and stimulant, especially in cases of ulcerated sore throat.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

These objects are best attained by means of the galvanic current, which should be employed of sufficient intensity to produce a rubefacient effect.

From The Electric Bath by Schweig, George M.

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