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
Example Sentences
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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 water in which it was dipped operated as a styptic, or a febrifuge, and the amulet possessed several other properties as a medical talisman.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
By way of an antidote or febrifuge, I am going on at a great rate with my History of the Stevensons, which I hope may prove rather amusing, in some parts at least.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
It hung from the beams, with a large bunch of atsirtiphua, a sort of camomile, smaller in the flower and more fragrant than our own, which was used as a febrifuge.
From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman
During the early stage, if the fever be high, tincture of aconite-root should be cautiously administered; afterward liquor potassii citratis will sufficiently fill the indications for a febrifuge.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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