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Spanish: rubefaciente, Referente a rubefaciente.

Definition: rubefacient

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin.[Wordnet]
2. An external application which produces redness of the skin.[Websters].
Adjective 1. Making red.[Websters]
2. Being ruddy, red or florid. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb rubefaciently.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(rubefaciently)		 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective rubefacient.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Rubefacient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Rubefacient \Ru`be*fa"cient\, adjective. [Latin expression rubefaciens, present participle of rubefacere to make red; rubere to be red facere to make.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: rubefacient

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Making red.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Botanical A substance producing redness of the skin. Abrus, Allium, Anacardium, Caesalpinia, Capsicum, Cardiospermum, Clematis, Cocos, Colocasia, Cymbopogon, Drymaria, Echinodorus, Jatropha, Lepidium, Moringa, Plumbago, Ploygonum. (references)
Wikipedic A Rubefacient is a substance for external application that produces redness of the skin e.g. by causing dilation of the capillaries and an increase in blood circulation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: rubefacient

Rubefacient

A rubefacient is a substance for external application that produces redness of the skin e.g. by causing dilation of the capillaries and an increase in blood circulation.

They are believed to relieve pain by a counterirritant effect, and many act via transient receptor potential ion channels. Common medicinal rubefacients include [1]:

Common herbal rubefacients include:

  • Cloves (Eugenia caryphyllus)
  • Garlic (Allium sativum)
  • Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
  • Horseradish (Cochlearia armoracia)
  • Mustard (Brassica alba or B. nigra)
  • Nettle (Urtica dioica)
  • Rosemary Oil (Rosmarinus officinalis)
  • Rue (Ruta graveolens)

See also

  • Liniment

References

  1. Mason et al 2004 Systematic review of efficacy of topical rubefacients containing salicylates for the treatment of acute and chronic pain BMJ 328:995

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rubefacient"



Topics by Level of Interest: rubefacient

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Rubefacient 4     Rubefacient 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: rubefacient
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Other

 medicament, medication, medicine.

Expression

 medicinal drug, making red.
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Computed Synonyms: rubefacient

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.0290   rubefacient     ruddy     red, florid, rosy, erythroid, unglazed scale   
 2   1.1090   rubefacient     bloodshot     bloody, red, sanguineous, gory, gules   
 3   1.0392   rubefacient     rubric     heading, column, caption, title, rule   
 4   1.0192   rubefacient     redden     blush, flush, to redden, crimson, colour   
 5   1.0191   rubefacient     roaster     baker, parcher, barbecuer, calciner, mocker   
 6   1.0190   rubefacient     rouge     unglazed scale, rust, blusher, red, rouges   
 7   1.0190   rubefacient     rose     rise, rising, pink, rosette, rosy   
 8   1.0190   rubefacient     raddle     ruddle, reddle, ocher, ochre, interweave   
 9   1.0190   rubefacient     red     ruddy, blushing, scarlet, unglazed scale, erythroid   
 10   1.0091   rubefacient     fair     fine, just, beautiful, handsome, right   
 11   1.0091   rubefacient     burning     burn, flaming, hot, ardent, fiery   
 12   1.0090   rubefacient     glowing     glow, sheening, lustering, lustring, flaming   
 13   1.0089   rubefacient     florid     ruddy, flowery, ornate, gaudy, flamboyant   
 14   1.0089   rubefacient     color     colour, dye, paint, tint, stain   
 15   1.0089   rubefacient     blush     flush, redden, colour, color, blushing   
--------------------     6 synonyms ranked from 16 to 21 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: rubefacient

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 使发红的 (rubefacient), 发红剂 (rubefacient). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 使發紅的 (rubefacient), 發紅劑 (rubefacient). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari دواى محمر (rubefacient), قرمزكننده (rubefacient). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch hautrötend Mittel (rubefacient), hautrötend (rubefacient). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Français rubéfiant (rubefacient). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
French rubéfiant (rubefacient). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Gaelg jiarg (red, abandoned, bloodshot, burning, florid). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Gailck jiarg (red, abandoned, bloodshot, burning, florid). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
German hautrötend Mittel (rubefacient), hautrötend (rubefacient). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 발적제 (rubefacient), 피부를 발적시키는 (rubefacient), 붉어지게 하는 (rubefacient), 피부를 붉게 하는 (rubefacient). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 발적제 (rubefacient), 피부를 발적시키는 (rubefacient), 붉어지게 하는 (rubefacient), 피부를 붉게 하는 (rubefacient). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
High German hautrötend Mittel (rubefacient), hautrötend (rubefacient). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch hautrötend Mittel (rubefacient), hautrötend (rubefacient). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian rubefacente (rubefacient). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 皮膚などの発赤を起こさせる (rubefacient), 発赤薬外用 (rubefacient), 赤くする (redden, raddle, blush, color, colour), 発赤を起こす (rubefacient), 発赤を起こさせる (rubefacient), 発赤薬 (rubefacient), 発赤剤 (rubefacient). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 발적제 (rubefacient), 피부를 발적시키는 (rubefacient), 붉어지게 하는 (rubefacient), 피부를 붉게 하는 (rubefacient). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx jiarg (red, abandoned, bloodshot, burning, florid). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx Gaelic jiarg (red, abandoned, bloodshot, burning, florid). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi دواى محمر (rubefacient), قرمزكننده (rubefacient). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian دواى محمر (rubefacient), قرمزكننده (rubefacient). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) دواى محمر (rubefacient), قرمزكننده (rubefacient). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish rubefaciente (rubefacient). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish kızartıcı (roaster, rubefacient), deriyi kızartan ilaç (rubefacient), cildi kızartan (rubefacient). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, rubefacient. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: rubefacient

Language Translations for “rubefacient” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag rathagubathagefathagacathagient (rubefacient). Additional references: Athag, rubefacient. (volunteer)
Double Dutch ragubagefagacagient (rubefacient). Additional references: Double Dutch, rubefacient. (volunteer)
Leet |z\/8£|#@<¦£^/+ (rubefacient). Additional references: Leet, rubefacient. (volunteer)
Oppish ropubopefopacopient (rubefacient). Additional references: Oppish, rubefacient. (volunteer)
Pig Latin ubefacientray (rubefacient). Additional references: Pig Latin, rubefacient. (volunteer)
Terran B hiutrote (rubefacient). Additional references: Terran B, rubefacient. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi rubububefubacubient (rubefacient). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, rubefacient. (volunteer)
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Adjacent words:

Rubbles     Rube     Rubell
Rubblestone     Rube Goldberg     Rubella
Rubblework     Rubecola     Rubella Panencephalitis
Rubbling     Rubedinous     Rubelle
Rubblingly     Rubedinously     Rubellia
Rubbly     Rubefacient     Rubellite
Rubbo     Rubefaciently     Rubellius
Rubbra     Rubefaction     Rubellus
Rubczak     Rubeho     Rubem
Rubdown     Rubel     Ruben
Rub-down     Rubelet     Rubenberg


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