calefacient

noun

1. Medicine/Medical. a substance, as mustard, that produces a sensation of heat when applied to the body.

adjective

2. heating; warming.

adjective

1. causing warmth

noun

2. med obsolete an agent that warms, such as a mustard plaster

adj.

1. Causing a sense of warmth.

n.

1. An agent that produces a sense of warmth in the part to which it is applied.