rubefacient

English

Etymology

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

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.

Latin

Verb

rubefacient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of rubefaciō
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