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rubefaction
[ roo-buh-fak-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- redness of the skin caused by a rubefacient.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rubefaction1
1650–60; < Latin rubefactus (past participle of rubefacere; rubefacient ) + -ion
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