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Synonyms for refrigerant

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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