Antipyretic vs. Febrifuge

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.