antipyretic

antipyretic

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ pyretic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæntɪpaɪˈɹɛtɪk/

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Adjective

antipyretic (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology) That reduces fever.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) alexipyretic, antifebrile, antifever, febrifugal

   • 1999, Otto Appenzeller, The Autonomic Nervous System, →ISBN, page 486:

     The antipyretic action of AVP is limited mainly to its action in a precise location in the ventral septum, though there is some evidence for a similar action in the medial amygdala.

   • 2001, Margaret Humphreys, Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States:

     Hailed as a general remedy against fevers, it spurred hot debate among seventeenth-century medical professionals, especially in England. The bark, which includes among other active ingredients quinine, has a mild antipyretic effect and a far stronger impact in cases of malaria.

Translations

that reduces fever

Assamese: জ্বৰঘ্ন (zoroghno) Bengali: জ্বরঘ্ন (bn) (jôrôghnô) Burmese: အဖျားဖြတ်ဆေး (my) (a.hpya:hprathce:) Catalan: antipirètic Czech: protihorečnatý m Danish: febernedsættende, feberstillende Dutch: koortswerend Esperanto: antifebra French: antipyrétique (fr) German: antipyretisch (de), fiebersenkend (de) Greek: αντιπυρετικός (el) (antipyretikós) Gujarati: જ્વરઘ્ન (jvaraghna) Hindi: ज्वरघ्न (hi) (jvaraghna) Hungarian: lázcsillapító (hu) Italian: antipiretico (it) Marathi: ज्वरघ्न (jvaraghna) Norwegian: Bokmål: febernedsettende, feberstillende Nynorsk: febernedsetjande, feberstillande Polish: przeciwgorączkowy (pl) Portuguese: antipirético, antifebril Spanish: antipirético (es) Swedish: febernedsättande (sv) Ukrainian: жарозни́жувальний (žaroznýžuvalʹnyj)

Noun

antipyretic (plural antipyretics)

1. (pharmacology) A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) alexipyretic, antifebrile

Translations

medicine that reduces fever

Arabic: خافض للحرارة‎ m Burmese: အဖျားဖြတ်ဆေး (my) (a.hpya:hprathce:) Catalan: antipirètic m Chinese: Mandarin: 退燒藥／退烧药 (zh) (tuìshāoyào) Czech: antipyretikum (cs) n French: antipyrétique (fr) German: Antipyretikum (de) n, Fiebermittel (de) n Greek: αντιπυρετικό (el) n (antipyretikó) Hungarian: lázcsillapító (hu) Italian: antipiretico (it) m Japanese: 解熱薬 (げねつやく, genetsuyaku), 解熱剤 (ja) (げねつざい, genetsuzai) Korean: 해열제 (haeyeolje) Portuguese: antipirético m, antifebril m Russian: антипире́тик (ru) m (antipirɛ́tik) Spanish: antipirético (es) m Volapük: tafifmedin (vo)

Further reading

• antipyretic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pertinacity