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Febrifuge

//ˈfɛbɹɪfjuːd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”).

    "...therein it differs not from the mode of operation, which we observe in the famous peruvian febrifuge."

  2. 2
    any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever wordnet

Etymology

From French fébrifuge, from Latin febrifugus. Doublet of feverfew. Source of -fuge.

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