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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 skinplay

  Familiarity information: RUBEFACIENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUBEFACIENT (noun)


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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