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antipyrotic

American

[an-tee-pahy-rot-ik, an-tahy-] / ˌæn ti paɪˈrɒt ɪk, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.

noun

an antipyrotic agent.

Etymology

Origin of antipyrotic

1830–40; anti- + Greek pyrōtikós burning, equivalent to pyrō-, verbid stem of pyroûn to burn + -tikos -tic

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