REFRIGERANT.--A medicine or agent having cooling properties or the power of lowering internal or external temperature, as potassium nitrate, aconite, cold water, etc. RELAXANT.--A substance which causes relaxation of muscular tissues, as chloroform, chloral, etc. REPARATIVE.--A substance used to restore debilitated tissues of the body, as general tonics, nitrogenous foods, etc. RESOLVENT.--A substance indicated in the treatment or absorption of hard, callous tissue, as iodine and its preparations. RESTORATIVE.--A medicine that aids in restoring the health, as nux vomica, arsenic, etc. REVULSANT or REVULSIVE.--An agent which produces irritation and draws fluids from other parts diseased, as poultices, cantharides, etc. RUBEFACIENT.--A medicine or agent causing irritation and redness of the skin, as turpentine, mustard, etc. SEDATIVE.--A medicine which diminishes functional activity, as potassium or ammonium bromide, etc. SEPTIC.--An agent causing poisoning resulting from the absorption of products of putrefaction, as bacteria. SIALOGOGUE.--A medicine stimulating the flow of saliva, as pilocarpine, arecoline, ginger, capsicum, etc. SOMNIFACIENT or SOPORIFIC.--A medicine which produces drowsiness and sleep, as morphine, chloral hydrate, potassium, bromide, etc. SORBEFACIENT.--A medicine used to produce abortion, as ergot. SPECIFIC.--A medicine or agent which has a distinct curative influence on an individual disease, as potassium iodide in actinomycosis (Lumpy Jaw) or oxygen in milk fever, etc. STIMULANT.--A medicine which quickens or increases functional activity, as strychnine, ammonium carbonate, alcohol, etc. STOMACHIC.--A medicine which increases functional activity of the stomach, as quassia gentian, etc. STOMATIC.--A medicine used in diseases of the mouth, as boric acid, potassium chlorate, alum, etc. SUPERFACIENT.--A medicine causing unconsciousness from which the patient can be roused, as opium, bromide of potassium, etc. STYPTIC.--An agent that checks bleeding by causing contraction of the blood vessels, as tincture chloride of iron, ergot, etc. SUCCEDANEUM.--A medicine which may be substituted for another possessing similar properties, as chloral hydrate for potassium bromide, or aloes for linseed oil, etc. SUDORIFIC.--A medicine or agent which produces an increased quantity of perspiration (sweat) as ginger, pilocarpine, Dover’s powders, etc. SUPPURANT.--A medicine or agent promoting pus formation, as poultices, cantharides, croton oil, etc. SYNERGIST.--A medicine which co-operates or assists the action of another, as chloroform with ether, cantharides with red iodide of mercury, etc. TAENICIDE.--A medicine which destroys tape worms, as extract of male fern. TAENIFUGE.--A medicine which expels tape worms, as areca nut, pumpkin seed, oil of turpentine, etc. TETANIC.--A medicine or agent which increases the irritation of the spinal cord or muscles producing spasms, as strychnine, etc.