Rubefacient

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rubefacient \Ru`be*fa"cient\, a. [L. rubefaciens, p. pr. of
     rubefacere to make red; rubere to be red + facere to make.]
     Making red. -- n. (Med.) An external application which
     produces redness of the skin.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rubefacient
       n : a medicine for external application that produces redness of
           the skin