rubefaciencen.
/ˌruːbᵻˈfeɪʃns/, U.S. /ˌrubəˈfeɪʃ(ə)ns/ Medicine. Now rare.
Redness (of the skin), esp. that resulting from the use of a rubefacient; = rubefaction n. 1.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > [noun] > application of rubefacient
rubefaction?a1425
rubefacience1804
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [noun] > making red
rubefaction?a1425
redding1503
rubrification?1541
rubrication1658
rubification1661
rubricating1705
rubefacience1804
1804 R. Kinglake Diss. Gout iii. 54 This benefit may be suitably rendered by vesication, pustulation, and rubefacience.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xx. 240 Its effects are not limited to temporary rubefacience.
1894 Lancet 5 May 1117/2 Generally speaking, the effects of the baths are cutaneous excitation, amounting in the stronger effervescing baths to rubefacience.
1958 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Nov. 1069/1 Rubefacience, circumoral pallor, with ‘cherry-red’ lips and red palms, were observed.
1999 Clinics Dermatol. 17 480/2 With chronic alcohol consumption, loss of vasoregulatory control results in persistent, predominantly central facial erythema (rubefacience).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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