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Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
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antipyretic
Word definitions for antipyretic in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"reducing fever; that which reduces fever," 1680s, from anti- + Greek pyretos "fever, burning heat," related to pyr "fire" (see fire (n.)) + -ic .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. preventing or alleviating fever [ant: pyretic ] n. any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever [syn: febrifuge ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antipyretic \An`ti*py*ret"ic\, a. (Med.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n. A febrifuge.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Antipyretics (, from anti- 'against' and 'feverish') are substances that reduce fever . Antipyretics cause the hypothalamus to override a prostaglandin -induced increase in temperature . The body then works to lower the temperature, which results in a reduction ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context medicine English) That reduces fever; fever-reducing. n. A pharmaceutical that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
Usage examples of antipyretic.
The antipyretic was controlling his temperature, but his pulse was fluttering and growing steadily weaker.
Higher and higher the fever rose and the antipyretic no longer affected it.
Williams gave him an antipyretic along with some laudanum to fight the fever and pain.
I drink lukewarm barley tea, and every three or four hours I take one of the antipyretics I cadged from the nurse.
Gately is allergic and doesn't get any meds except antipyretics and Toradol in a drip Dr.