rubefacient

English

Etymology

From Latin rubefaciens, present participle of rubefacere (“to make red”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹu.bəˈfeɪ.ʃənt/

Adjective

rubefacient (comparative more rubefacient, superlative most rubefacient)

1. Making red.

Noun

rubefacient (plural rubefacients)

1. (medicine) A substance for topical application that produces redness of the skin, e.g. by dilating the capillaries.
   • 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 165:

     The symptoms had diminished for a time, under the employment of rubefacients and cathartics; but the pain in the left side of the thorax returned in the evening of the 29th.

Latin

Verb

rubefacient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of rubefaciō