Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Redness of the skin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
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Examples
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Hierom. et licet nos indignos dicimus et calidus rubor ora perfundat, attamen ad laudem suam intrinsecus animae laetantur.
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All of which are the cardinal signs of inflammation known since ancient times: rubor, calor, tumor and dolor.
Inflammation and diet | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Signa sunt cessatio ab omni opere insueto, privatio somni, suspiria crebra, rubor cum sit sermo de re amata, et commotio pulsus.
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Or that we be staid before our betters, or in company we like not, or if anything molest and offend us, erubescentia turns to rubor, blushing to a continuate redness.
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Augustus primoque rudis flagrauerat aestu; nec nouus unde calor nec quid suspiria uellent, nouerat incipiens et adhuc ignarus amandi. non illi uenator equus, non spicula curae, 5 non iaculum torquere libet; mens omnis aberrat in uulnus quod fixit Amor. quam saepe medullis erupit gemitus! quotiens incanduit ore confessus secreta rubor nomenque beatum iniussae scripsere manus!
The Marriage of Honorius and Maria Claudian 1912
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The discipline, my mind had undergone, Ne falleretur rotundo sono et versuum cursu, cincinnis, et floribus; sed ut inspiceret quidnam subesset, quae, sedes, quod firmamentum, quis fundus verbis; an figures essent mera ornatura et orationis fucus; vel sanguinis e materiae ipsius corde effluentis rubor quidam nativus et incalescentia genuina; -- removed all obstacles to the appreciation of excellence in style without diminishing my delight.
Biographia Literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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I realized that pain is just one manifestation of inflammation (dolor, rubor, tumor, calor = from medicine 101), but I did not know what caused the inflammation.
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I realized that pain is just one manifestation of inflammation (dolor, rubor, tumor, calor = from medicine 101), but I did not know what caused the inflammation.
Comments for Biotech Blog biotech 2010
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Ellas invertirán en productos de belleza desde labiales, delineadores, rubor, pintura de uñas, cremas, productos de limpieza facial etc.
Kiva Loans 2010
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WTF?? and Rosalie isnt a gorgeous as the Books describe's her ... they cut off the Dazzle and rubor on cheek of bella part ... that was kind of a big thing ..
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