calefacientadj.n.
A. adj.
Producing warmth.
B. n.
Medicine. A medical agent which produces warmth or a sense of heat.
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1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 418 It's cured..by..calefacients.
1881 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
1885 Ld. Bramwell in 19th Cent. June 1027 Galen..says: ‘Old age is cold and dry, and is to be corrected by calefacients.’
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