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rubefaction

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[roo-buh-fak-shuhn] / ˌru bəˈfæk ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.

  2. 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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