Definition of Antipyresis

1. Noun. Medication with antipyretics to treat a fever.

Generic synonyms: Medication

Definition of Antipyresis

1. n. The condition or state of being free from fever.

Definition of Antipyresis

1. Noun. (medicine) The reduction of fever. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Antipyresis

1. The condition or state of being free from fever. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Against + to be feverish, fr. Fire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antipyresis

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

Literary usage of Antipyresis

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

1. Experimental Pharmacology by Hugh McGuigan (1919)
"antipyresis AND ANTIPYRETICS. IN the normal animal heat production and heat loss are maintained at a constant level—the normal body temperature. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1884)
"Treatment— antipyresis, support and stimulation, and avoidance of purgatives, ... In fact from the beginning antipyresis and support were sedu- ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"They would, perhaps, be inclined to promote antipyresis in so long-continued a pyrexia as that of enteric fever, especially if the chart showed an unusually ..."

4. Medical Communications by Massachusetts Medical Society (1889)
"I introduce at this point, in order that I may reinforce the statement relating to difficulties in the classification of the means employed in antipyresis, ..."

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