/ri frij"euhr euhnt/ , adj.
1. refrigerating; cooling.
2. reducing bodily heat or fever.
n.
3. a refrigerant agent, as a drug.
4. a liquid capable of vaporizing at a low temperature, as ammonia, used in mechanical refrigeration.
5. a cooling substance, as ice or solid carbon dioxide, used in a refrigerator.
[ 1590-1600; refrigerant- (s. of refrigerans ), prp. of refrigerare. See REFRIGERATE, -ANT ]