antipyretic

/'æntipai'retik/

Thân thiện

The doctor prescribed an antipyretic for the child's fever.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Preventing or alleviating fever: Describes a substance, typically a medication, whose primary function is to reduce or prevent fever.

2. 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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. preventing or alleviating fever

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• febrifuge