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Repellent

Re-pĕl'lent, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. repellens, p. pr. of repellere. See supra.] Driving back; able or tending to repel.

noun

n. 1. That which repels. 2. (Med.) A remedy which, applied to a tumefied part, causes the fluids which render it tumid to recede. Dunglison.