Antipyretic

Adjective

adjective

1. (medicine) That reduces fever; fever-reducing.
• 1999, Otto Appenzeller, The Autonomic Nervous System, ISBN 0444825460, p. 486.The antipyretic action of AVP is limited mainly to its action in a precise location in the ventral septum, though there is some evidence for a similar action in the medial amygdala.

Full definition of antipyretic

Noun

1. A pharmaceutical that reduces fever; a febrifuge.

Synonyms

• febrifuge

Anagrams

• pertinacity