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re⋅frig⋅er⋅ant

[ri-frij-er-uhnt]
–adjective
1. refrigerating; cooling.
2. reducing bodily heat or fever.
–noun
3. a refrigerant agent, as a drug.
4. a liquid capable of vaporizing at a low temperature, as ammonia, used in mechanical refrigeration.
5. a cooling substance, as ice or solid carbon dioxide, used in a refrigerator.

Origin:
1590–1600; < L refrīgerant- (s. of refrīgerāns), prp. of refrīgerāre. See refrigerate, -ant
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re·frig·er·ant   (rĭ-frĭj'ər-ənt)   
adj.  
  1. Cooling or freezing; refrigerating.

  2. Medicine Reducing fever.

n.  
  1. A substance, such as air, ammonia, water, or carbon dioxide, used to provide cooling either as the working substance of a refrigerator or by direct absorption of heat.

  2. Medicine An agent used to reduce fever.

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Main Entry: 1re·frig·er·ant
Pronunciation: ri-'frij-(&-)r&nt
Function: adjective
: allaying heat or fever

Main Entry: 2refrigerant
Function: noun
: a medicine or an application for allaying fever or its symptoms
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refrigerant re·frig·er·ant (rĭ-frĭj'ər-ənt)
adj.

  1. Cooling or freezing; refrigerating.

  2. Reducing fever.

n.
  1. A substance, such as air, ammonia, water, or carbon dioxide, used to provide cooling either as the working substance of a refrigerator or by direct absorption of heat.

  2. An agent used to reduce fever.

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