Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, same as
febrifuge .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.
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- adjective medicine, archaic Countering
fever ;antifebrile .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek a- + burning heat, fever, fire.
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