antipyretic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

antipyretic
    adj 1: preventing or alleviating fever [ant: {pyretic}]
    n 1: any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or
         alleviate fever [syn: {antipyretic}, {febrifuge}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Antipyretic \An`ti*py*ret"ic\, a. (Med.)
   Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n. A
   febrifuge.
   [1913 Webster]

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