Feb. 24th, 2012

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calefacient (kal-uh-FAY-shuhnt) - n., something that warms or heats; specifically, (Med.) a substance that produces a sensation of warmth to the part of the body to which it is applied. adj., making warm, heating.


Such as a mustard plaster or liniment. Borrowed around 1660 from Latin calefacient-, stem of calefaciēns, present participle of calefacere, to make warm, from cale-, warm (stem of calēre to be warm) + facere, to make, do.

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