n. A medical agent or substance which produces a feeling of warmth when applied to the body.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Making warm; heating.
n. A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Warming; heating.
n. That which warms or heats; in medicine, a substance which excites a sensation of warmth in the part to which it is applied, as mustard, pepper, etc.; a superficial stimulant.
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adj. producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body
Word Usage
"Ammianus Marcellinus, Hunni semicruda cujusvis Pecoris carne vescuntur, quasi inter femora sua & equorum terga subsertam, calefacient brevi."