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Febrifuge (Noun)

Meaning

Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

  • Aspirin has been used for years as a febrifuge to alleviate fevers associated with the flu.
  • The doctor prescribed an antipyretic medicine that also functions as a febrifuge to lower her extremely high body temperature.
  • Willow bark was an ancient natural febrifuge because it contained salicin, which decreases fever.
  • A febrifuge was administered intravenously to the very ill patient suffering with severe malaria and an elevated fever.
  • During the fever, his feverish grandmother resorted to herbal tea recipes passed down from her great-grandmother that acted as a natural febrifuge.

Synonyms

  • Antipyretic

Hypernyms

  • Medicine
  • Medicament
  • Medicinal Drug
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