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

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.

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

It is used externally as a rubefacient, and is given internally in flatulent colic, in tapeworm, rheumatism, and other diseases.

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

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?

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.