febrifuge
9.9
A medicine that reduces fever
- noun
- /ˈfɛbrɪˌfjuːdʒ/
- Archaic
:
antipirético
- The doctor recommended a febrifuge to help reduce her high fever.
Examples
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Many parents keep a febrifuge at home to quickly address their children's fevers.
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After taking the febrifuge, he noticed that his fever started to decrease.
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As a last, desperate act, she employed a risky febrifuge known to produce quick and dramatic results.
Fiction book (1992) -
Anodyne, febrifuge, sedative.
Blog text (19)
Synonyms
7.2
A medicine that lowers a fever
is a general fever reducer that does not specify lowering body temperature
Surface Forms
febrifuge singular
febrifuges plural
Etymology
Febrifuge comes from Latin parts febri- meaning 'fever' and -fuge meaning 'to drive away', the same -fuge in refuge ('a place to flee to'). So a febrifuge is literally something that 'drives away' a fever.
