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antipyretic
 

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Adjective antipyretic has 1 sense
  1. antipyretic - preventing or alleviating fever
    Antonym:     pyretic
Noun antipyretic has 1 sense
  1. antipyretic, febrifuge - any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
    --1 is a kind of medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug

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Antipyretic

Definition:

An antipyretic is a substance that reduces or alleviates fever.

Part of Speech:

Noun, adjective

Senses:

  1. A substance that lowers body temperature during fever.
  2. Relating to the ability to reduce fever.

Usage:

1) Noun:

Doctors often prescribe antipyretics to bring down high fevers in patients.

During her illness, the doctor advised her to take an antipyretic.

2) Adjective:

The antipyretic effect of the medication helped reduce the patient's fever.

This antipyretic drug is commonly used to treat fevers in children.

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