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From Latin rubēdō (“redness”).

rubedo (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A diffused redness of the skin; blushing or flushing.
  2. (alchemy) A "reddening" process, the fourth and final major stage of the alchemical magnum opus.
    Synonym: iosis
    Coordinate terms: albedo, citrinitas, nigredo

From rubeō (“I am red”) +‎ -ēdō.

rubēdō f (genitive rubēdinis); third declension

  1. redness

Third-declension noun.

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