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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ri-frij-er-uh nt |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfrɪdʒ ər ənt |
Définition of refrigerant
Origin :- 1590s, originally in medicine; from Latin refrigerans, present participle of refrigerare "make cool or cold" (see refrigeration). As a noun from 1670s.
- As in cooler : noun refrigerator
- Diuretic, febrifuge, and refrigerant; one half to one ounce.
- Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
- It is a consideration, Sir Poet, which may serve as a refrigerant for their ardour.
- Extract from : « Colloquies on Society » by Robert Southey
- Astringent and refrigerant; highly extolled in chronic dysentery, diarrha, English cholera, and relaxations generally.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- In these cases the application of refrigerant or sedative lotions, baths, &c., generally proves of much advantage.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- This serves as a refrigerant bath for the experiments to be made.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, Sep. 26, 1891 » by Various
- The last two are refrigerant, but their use is objectionable, especially for patients who labour under the oxalic diathesis.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
- It is also used in medicine as a sedative, refrigerant, and diaphoretic, and as a cooling diuretic.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
- The last (diluted solution) is employed as a sedative, refrigerant, and astringent wash, in various affections.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
- Alcohol Baths:—The action of alcohol upon the surface of the body is that of a refrigerant.
- Extract from : « Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why » by Martha M. Allen
- If the inflammation is severe, take a purgative and use a refrigerant lotion.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale
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