antipyretic meaning

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antipyretic (adjective): preventing or alleviating fever.

antipyretic has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

antipyretic as an adjective

  1. preventing or alleviating fever

    Opposite: pyretic

antipyretic as a noun

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

    Synonyms: febrifuge

    Type of: medicine

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in IC · 11-letter words

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