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Antipyretics - 2 dictionary results

an⋅ti⋅py⋅ret⋅ic

  [an-tee-pahy-ret-ik, an-tahy-] Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology
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–adjective
1. checking or preventing fever.
–noun
2. an antipyretic agent.
Origin:
1675–85; anti- + pyretic

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅py⋅re⋅sis  [an-tee-pahy-ree-sis, an-tahy-] , noun
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an·ti·py·ret·ic   (ān'tē-pī-rět'ĭk, ān'tī-)   
adj.  Reducing or tending to reduce fever.
n.  A medication that reduces fever.
an'ti·py·re'sis (-rē'sĭs) n.
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