| rubefacient |
agent which reddens skin, dilates the vessels, and increases blood supply locally
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| rubber |
An elastomer; a polymer that stretches.
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| rubber dam |
A rubber sheet that fits around teeth. It isolates the treatment area from the rest of the oral cavity.
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| rubber |
A unit of scoring bridge games held privately or in club bridge. A rubber must consist of at least two games, but no more than three games. The first partnership to win two games wins the rubber. Special bonuses are added for winning the rubber to the total score. The designation itself has been lost to history, but is probably borrowed from lawn bowls, which, in the first, although unwritten recording, Sir Francis Drake was playing when the Spanish Armada was sighted in 1588. ...
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| rubefacient |
an agent, applied to the skin, causing a local irritation and redness; for relief of internal pain.
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