Antipyretic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antipyretic \An`ti*py*ret"ic\, a. (Med.)
     Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n. A
     febrifuge.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  antipyretic
       adj : preventing or alleviating fever [ant: {pyretic}]
       n : any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or
           alleviate fever [syn: {febrifuge}]