Category:Repellent

Re*pel"lent (-lent), a. Etym: [l. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ]

Defn: driving back; able or tending to repel.

Repellent Re*pel"lent, n.

1. That which repels.

2. (med.)

Defn: a remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render It tumid. Dunglison.

3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.