febrifuge
Americanadjective
noun
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such a medicine or agent.
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a cooling drink.
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of febrifuge
1680–90; < French < Late Latin febrifugia plant good for curing fever. See febri-, -fuge
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I watched by his side until a regimental doctor—sent from the 14th, as we have none of our own—came by with febrifuge.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
The Indian name of the tree is sipiri or bibiru, and from its bark and fruits is obtained the febrifuge principle bibirine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
This was the Carlina acaulis, which, of course, cured all the sick soldiers, and possibly may have some of the febrifuge virtues which the Dartmoor people fancied existed in another kind of thistle.
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin
There are physicians who still use quinine as a febrifuge in typhoid and other essential fevers, and doubtless its bitter taste helps their patients because of the suggestive value of an unpleasant medicine.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Antipyrin, an-ti-pī′rin, n. a white crystalline powder, tasteless, colourless, and soluble in water, obtained from coal-tar products by a complex process, with valuable qualities as a febrifuge, but not as an antiperiodic.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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