refrigerant

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: re=frig=er=ant

CIDE DICTIONARY

refrigerant, a. [L. refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. réfrigérant. See Refrigerate.].

 Cooling; allaying heat or fever.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

refrigerant, n. 

 That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively.  Blair.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

refrigerant, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a substance used for refrigeration.
2 Med. a substance that cools or allays fever.
--adj. cooling.

Etymology

F r{eacute}frig{eacute}rant or L refrigerant- (as REFRIGERATE)

THESAURUS

refrigerant

Dry Ice, Freon, algific, ammonia, blast-freezing, carbon dioxide, chilling, congealing, coolant, cooling, ether, ethyl chloride, freezable, freezing, freezing mixture, frigorific, glaciable, ice, ice cubes, liquid air, liquid helium, liquid oxygen, quick-freezing, refrigerative, refrigeratory, sharp-freezing