rubefacient

American  

[roo-buh-fay-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. )

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Example Sentences

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rubefacient

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 P. L. Simmonds

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 Honor? Bourguignon

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 Francis E. Anstie

It is also used there as a rubefacient.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

At the same time rubefacient embrocations may be applied to the abdomen, which should also be compressed slightly with a broad flannel bandage.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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