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REPELLENTS

\ɹɪpˈɛlənts], \ɹɪpˈɛlənts], \ɹ_ɪ_p_ˈɛ_l_ə_n_t_s]\

Definitions of REPELLENTS

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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Medicines which, when applied to a tumefied part, cause the fluids, that render it tumid, to recede, as it were, from it. Astringents, cold water, ice, etc., are repellents.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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