rubefacient
adjectiveProducing redness, as of the skin.
nounA substance that irritates the skin, causing redness.
Making red; producing redness, as a medicinal application on the skin.
nounAn application which causes redness or hyperemia of the skin where it is applied, as a mustard plaster.
adjectiveMaking red.
adjectiveMaking
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a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin