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an⋅ti⋅py⋅ret⋅ic

[an-tee-pahy-ret-ik, an-tahy-] Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology
–adjective
1. checking or preventing fever.
–noun
2. an antipyretic agent.

Origin:
1675–85; anti- + pyretic


an⋅ti⋅py⋅re⋅sis [an-tee-pahy-ree-sis, an-tahy-] , noun
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Main Entry: 2antipyretic
Function: adjective
: preventing, removing, or allaying fever
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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antipyretic an·ti·py·ret·ic (ān'tē-pī-rět'ĭk, ān'tī-)
n.
An agent that reduces or prevents fever. Also called antifebrile, antithermic. adj.
Reducing or preventing fever.


an'ti·py·re'sis (-rē'sĭs) n.

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