antipyretic
/'æntipai'retik/
Definition
Adjective:
- Preventing or alleviating fever: Describes a substance, typically a medication, whose primary function is to reduce or prevent fever.
Noun:
- Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever: A drug or agent used to treat fever.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- The doctor recommended an antipyretic drug for the child's high temperature.
- Aspirin has antipyretic properties.
Noun:
- Paracetamol is a common antipyretic available over the counter.
- The nurse administered an antipyretic to reduce the patient's fever.
Advanced Usage
- Clinical Context: In medical terminology, "antipyretic" is often used to classify drugs based on their therapeutic action (e.g., analgesic and antipyretic effects).
- Ibuprofen is both an anti-inflammatory and an antipyretic medication.
Variants and Related Words
- Antipyresis (n): The reduction or alleviation of fever.
- The goal of the treatment was rapid antipyresis.
Synonyms
- Febrifuge (n/adj): A synonym for antipyretic, meaning a fever-reducing agent.
- Fever reducer (n): A common, non-technical term.
Related Terms (Not Phrasal Verbs)
- Analgesic (n/adj): A pain-relieving drug; many analgesics also have antipyretic effects.
- Anti-inflammatory (n/adj): A drug that reduces inflammation; some are also antipyretics.
Adjective
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preventing or alleviating fever
Noun
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any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
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