calefacient
IPA: kˈæɫɪfˈeɪʃʌnt
noun
- (obsolete) A medical agent or substance which produces a feeling of warmth when applied to the body.
adjective
- (obsolete) having heating or warming effects
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Examples of "calefacient" in Sentences
- Ammianus Marcellinus, Hunni semicruda cujusvis Pecoris carne vescuntur, quasi inter femora sua & equorum terga subsertam, calefacient brevi.
- The animal experimented upon to be supplied daily with a weighed quantity of food, the composition and calefacient value of which had been accurately determined.
- The gases, vapors, and liquid and solid egesta thrown off from its body to be collected, analysed, and the calefacient [15] value of the combustible portion of them to be determined.
- These figures show the relative calefacient, or heat-producing powers of the different foods named _outside_ the body; but there is some doubt as to their having the same relative values when burned _within_ the body.
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