Antipyreticadjective
(medicine) That reduces fever; fever-reducing.
Febrifugenoun
An antipyretic (fever-reducing) medication.
Antipyreticnoun
A pharmaceutical that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
Febrifugenoun
A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.
Antipyreticadjective
Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
Febrifugenoun
any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
Antipyreticnoun
any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
Antipyreticadjective
preventing or alleviating fever
Antipyretic
An antipyretic (, from anti- 'against' and pyretic 'feverish') is a substance that reduces fever. Antipyretics cause the hypothalamus to override a prostaglandin-induced increase in temperature.