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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.
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Calefacient
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So is auri. Does it mean:
| the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe. |
| a combining form meaning "ear": |
Origin:
1655–65; < Latin calefacient- (stem of calefaciēns, present participle of calefacere to make warm), equivalent to cale- warm (stem of calēre to be warm) + -facient- -facient
1655–65; < Latin calefacient- (stem of calefaciēns, present participle of calefacere to make warm), equivalent to cale- warm (stem of calēre to be warm) + -facient- -facient
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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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