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CALEFACIENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calefacient mean?
• CALEFACIENT (adjective)
The adjective CALEFACIENT has 1 sense:
1. producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body
Familiarity information: CALEFACIENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body
Synonyms:
calefacient; warming
Context example:
a mustard plaster is calefacient
Similar:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
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