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| 1. | refrigerating; cooling. |
| 2. | reducing bodily heat or fever. |
| 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. |
refrigerant re·frig·er·ant (rĭ-frĭj'ər-ənt)
adj.
Cooling or freezing; refrigerating.
Reducing fever.
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.
An agent used to reduce fever.