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Antipyretic   Listen
Antipyretic

noun
1.
Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever.  Synonym: febrifuge.






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"Antipyretic" Quotes from Famous Books



... oxidation products; but the study has afforded us several new antipyretics and many interesting facts. It has been found, for example, that artificial quinine-like bodies, which fluoresce and give the green color with chlorine water and ammonia, have antipyretic properties like quinine, but their secondary effects are so pernicious as to prevent their use. If, however, such bodies are hydrogenized or methylated they lose their fluorescing property, do not give the green color, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 • Various



Words linked to "Antipyretic" :   medicament, medicinal drug, medicine, pyretic, medication



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