antipyretic

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ pyretic.

Adjective

antipyretic (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) That reduces fever; fever-reducing.
    • 1999, Otto Appenzeller, The Autonomic Nervous System, →ISBN, page 486:
      The antipyretic action of AVP is limited mainly to its action in a precise location in the ventral septum, though there is some evidence for a similar action in the medial amygdala.

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Noun

antipyretic (plural antipyretics)

  1. A pharmaceutical that reduces fever; a febrifuge.

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