antipyretic
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌæntɪpaɪˈɹɛtɪk/
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Adjective
antipyretic (not comparable)
- (pharmacology) That reduces fever.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) alexipyretic, antifebrile, antifever, febrifugal
- 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.
- 2001, Margaret Humphreys, Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States:
- Hailed as a general remedy against fevers, it spurred hot debate among seventeenth-century medical professionals, especially in England. The bark, which includes among other active ingredients quinine, has a mild antipyretic effect and a far stronger impact in cases of malaria.
Translations
that reduces fever
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Noun
antipyretic (plural antipyretics)
- (pharmacology) A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) alexipyretic, antifebrile
Translations
medicine that reduces fever
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Further reading
antipyretic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
