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Rubefacient   Listen
adjective
Rubefacient  adj.  Making red.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Rubefacient" Quotes from Famous Books



... antiseptic, a local anaesthetic if allowed to evaporate, and a rubefacient, causing the vessels of the skin to dilate, if rubbed in. Its action on the stomach is practically identical with that of alcohol (q.v.), though in very much smaller doses. The uses of chloroform which fall to be ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various

... irritant properties prevail so as to obscure the narcotic action. Their acridity is owing to an oleaginous substance called capsicin. Cayenne pepper is used in medicine chiefly in the form of tincture, as a rubefacient and stimulant, especially in cases of ulcerated sore throat. It acts on the stomach as an aromatic condiment, and when preserved in acetic acid ...
— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds



Words linked to "Rubefacient" :   medicine, medication, medicament



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