Definition of Antipyretic

1. Noun. Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever.

Exact synonyms: Febrifuge
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine

2. Adjective. Preventing or alleviating fever.
Antonyms: Pyretic

Definition of Antipyretic

1. a. Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.

Definition of Antipyretic

1. Adjective. (medicine) That reduces fever; fever-reducing. ¹

2. Noun. A pharmaceutical that reduces fever; a febrifuge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antipyretic

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Antipyretic

1. An agent that relieves or reduces fever. Synonym: antifebrile, antithermic, febrifuge. Origin: Gr. Pyretos = fever (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antipyretic

antipsychotic
antipsychotic agent
antipsychotic agents
antipsychotic drug
antipsychotics
antiptoses
antiptosis
antipublic
antipurine
antipyic
antipyics
antipyogenic
antipyonin
antipyresis
antipyretic (current term)
antipyretics
antipyrimidine
antipyrine
antipyrines
antipyrotic
antiquake
antiquarian
antiquarianism
antiquarianisms
antiquarianize
antiquarianized
antiquarianizes
antiquarianizing
antiquarians

Literary usage of Antipyretic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1887)
"At a certain time we give the antipyretic, and the fever curve falls and there is a certain ... We at once say that the antipyretic has produced the effect. ..."

2. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"Robert recommends as an antipyretic a new derivative of phenylhydrazin, which has been ... Clinical experiments made with the new antipyretic by Prof. ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"THE antipyretic TREATMENT OF ACUTE DISEASE. BY THOMAS F. RAVEN, ... in the presence of pyrexia, resort to antipyretic drugs, to ice, or to cold packs or ..."

4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1874)
"In the use of any antipyretic agent we have therefore to expect a temporary ... Before the action of quinine as an antipyretic can be interpreted and ..."

5. Rational Hydrotherapy: A Manual of the Physiological and Therapeutic Effects by John Harvey Kellogg (1901)
"There has within the last few years been a very strong reaction against the use of antipyretic drugs, and in favor of this truly physiological and rational ..."

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