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Definition of Calefacient
1. Adjective. Producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body. "A mustard plaster is calefacient"
Definition of Calefacient
1. a. Making warm; heating.
2. n. A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.
Definition of Calefacient
1. Adjective. (obsolete) having heating or warming effects ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A medical agent or substance which produces a feeling of warmth when applied to the body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Calefacient
1. 1. Making warm or hot. 2. An agent causing a sense of warmth in the part to which it is applied. Origin: L. Calefacio, fr. Caleo, to be warm, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calefacient
Literary usage of Calefacient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"Exposure to the rays of a common fire is resorted to, as a stimulant and calefacient,
in old paralytic and other cases attended with coldness and blueness ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1830)
"It was formed from vipers prepared along with a great variety of aromatic,
calefacient, and acrid vegetables, such as pepper, cinnamon, ginger, myrrh, iris, ..."
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