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RUBEFACIENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rubefacient mean?
• RUBEFACIENT (noun)
The noun RUBEFACIENT has 1 sense:
1. a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin
Familiarity information: RUBEFACIENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rubefacient" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Context examples
The garlic plant has long been considered a beneficial plant for health and has been used as an antihelmintic, a rubefacient, an anti-infective, and an antihypertensive.
(Garlic Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
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