Revulsion

rē-vul′shun, n. disgust: the diverting of a disease from one part to another: forced separation: a sudden change, esp. of feeling: a counter-irritant.— adj. Revul′sive , tending to revulsion.— n. Revul′sor , an apparatus for applying heat and cold in turns for medical purposes. [L. revulsio — revellĕre , revulsum — re- , away, vellĕre , to tear.]