Rubefacient
21turpentine oil — A volatile oil, distilled from turpentine, that has been used as a diuretic, carminative, vermifuge, expectorant, rubefacient, and counterirritant. SYN: oleum terebinthinae, turpentine spirit. rectified t. obtained by treating t. with …
22cajeput oil — or cajuput oil n a pungent essential oil obtained from plants of the genus Melaleuca and esp. cajeput and used chiefly as a local application in skin disease and as a stimulating expectorant * * * a volatile oil from the fresh leaves and twigs of …
23calefacient — I. a. 1. Warming, heating. 2. Rubefacient, vesicatory, tending to blister. II. n. Rubefacient, vesicant, vesicatory …
24rubefaction — /rubəˈfækʃən/ (say roohbuh fakshuhn) noun 1. a making red, especially with a rubefacient. 2. redness of the skin produced by a rubefacient …
25rubefaction — [ro͞o΄bə fak′shən] n. 1. the act or process of making red, as with a rubefacient 2. redness of the skin, esp. as caused by a rubefacient …
26rubefy — v.tr. (also rubify) ( ies, ied) 1 make red. 2 Med. (of a counterirritant) stimulate (the skin etc.) to redness. Derivatives: rubefacient adj. & n. rubefaction n. Etymology: ME f. OF rubifier, rubefier f. med.L rubificare f. L rubefacere f. rubeus …
27ru|be|fa|cient — «ROO buh FAY shuhnt», adjective, noun. –adj. causing redness, especially of the skin: »a rubefacient liniment. –n. a rubefacient application, such as a mustard plaster. ╂[< Latin rubefaciēns, entis, present participle of rubefacere < rubeus …
28Arabis perfoliata — Mustard Mus tard, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See {Must}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus {Brassica} (formerly {Sinapis}), as {white… …
29black mustard — Mustard Mus tard, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See {Must}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus {Brassica} (formerly {Sinapis}), as {white… …
30Brassica alba — Mustard Mus tard, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See {Must}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus {Brassica} (formerly {Sinapis}), as {white… …
