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refrigerant

[ ri-frij-er-uhnt ]

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adjective

a refrigerant agent, as a drug.
a liquid capable of vaporizing at a low temperature, as ammonia, used in mechanical refrigeration.
a cooling substance, as ice or solid carbon dioxide, used in a refrigerator.

refrigerant

/ rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt /

a fluid capable of changes of phase at low temperatures: used as the working fluid of a refrigerator
a cooling substance, such as ice or solid carbon dioxide
med an agent that provides a sensation of coolness or reduces fever

refrigerant

/ rĭ-frĭj′ər-ənt /

A substance, such as ice or ammonia, used to cool something by absorbing heat from it. Refrigerants are usually substances that evaporate quickly. In the process of evaporation they draw heat from surrounding substances.

1590–1600; < Latin refrīgerant- (stem of refrīgerāns ), present participle of refrīgerāre. See refrigerate, -ant

When both together, the Citrate of Potash would undergo oxidation, and thus exert an operation in the blood of a refrigerant kind.

Occasionally alcohol or vinegar may be added with advantage to the water, with the view of increasing its refrigerant effects.

If the inflammation is severe, let the patient use a refrigerant lotion.

It is a consideration, Sir Poet, which may serve as a refrigerant for their ardour.

Astringent and refrigerant; highly extolled in chronic dysentery, diarrha, English cholera, and relaxations generally.

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