antipyrotic

[an-tee-pahy-rot-ik, an-tahy-]

an·ti·py·rot·ic

[an-tee-pahy-rot-ik, an-tahy-] Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology
adjective
1.
relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
noun
2.
an antipyrotic agent.

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Antipyrotic is always a great word to know.
So is jugular. Does it mean:
a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
of or pertaining to the throat or neck.

Origin:
1830–40; anti- + Greek pyrōtikós burning, equivalent to pyrō-, verbid stem of pyroûn to burn + -tikos -tic
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antipyrotic an·ti·py·rot·ic (ān'tē-pī-rŏt'ĭk, ān'tī-)
adj.
Relieving the pain and promoting the healing of superficial burns.


an'ti·py·rot'ic n.

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