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CALEFACIENT

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cal⋅e⋅fa⋅cient

  [kal-uh-fey-shuhnt]
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–noun
1. Medicine/Medical. a substance, as mustard, that produces a sensation of heat when applied to the body.
–adjective
2. heating; warming.
Origin:
1655–65; < L calefacient- (s. of calefaciēns, prp. of calefacere to make warm), equiv. to cale- warm (s. of calēre to be warm) + -facient- -facient
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Main Entry: 1cal·e·fa·cient
Pronunciation: "kal-&-'fA-sh&nt
Function: adjective
: making warm

Main Entry: 2calefacient
Function: noun
: a calefacient agent
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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calefacient cal·e·fa·cient (kāl'ə-fā'shənt)
adj.
Causing a sense of warmth. n.
An agent that produces a sense of warmth in the part to which it is applied.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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