Rubefacient

[,ru:bi'feiʃәnt]

Definition

(noun.) a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin.

Checker: Myrna--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Making red.

(n.) An external application which produces redness of the skin.

Checked by Dylan

Definition

adj. making ruby or red.—n. (med.) an external application which stimulates and consequently reddens the skin.—n. Rubefac′tion the effect or action of a rubefacient.

Editor: Trudy