Pyretic

2 definitions found

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

  Pyretic \Py*ret"ic\, a. [Gr. ? burning heat, fever, from ? fire:
     cf. F. pyr['e]tique.] (Med.)
     Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pyretic
       adj : causing fever [ant: {antipyretic}]