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Definition of Refrigerants
1. refrigerant [n] - See also: refrigerant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Refrigerants
Literary usage of Refrigerants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Materia Medica and Pharmacy by John Murray (1810)
"I have placed under it the classes of refrigerants, Antacids, ... OF refrigerants.
1 HE substances arranged by authors on the Materia Medica under the ..."
2. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"Medicinal substances which diminish the temperature of the body when it is
preternaturally increased, are denominated refrigerants (from ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"Medicines which depress the morbid temperature of the body. The chief reputed
refrigerants are the ... refrigerants. REFRIGERATOR, see Alembic. ..."
4. The American Eclectic Materia Medica & Therapeutics by John Milton Scudder (1898)
"refrigerants are defined to be thosc- agents, which, when taken internally, or
applied externally, lessen the morbid temperature of the body. ..."
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