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Webster 1913 Edition
Antipyretic
Anˊti-py-ret′ic
,Adj.
(Med.)
Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
– Noun.
A febrifuge.
Definition 2024
antipyretic
antipyretic
English
Adjective
antipyretic (not comparable)
- (medicine) That reduces fever; fever-reducing.
- 1999, Otto Appenzeller, The Autonomic Nervous System, ISBN 0444825460, p. 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.
- 1999, Otto Appenzeller, The Autonomic Nervous System, ISBN 0444825460, p. 486.
Translations
that reduces fever
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Noun
antipyretic (plural antipyretics)
- A pharmaceutical that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
Synonyms
Translations
medication that reduces fever
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