febrifuge

American  

[feb-ruh-fyooj] / ˈfɛb rəˌfyudʒ /

adjective

1. serving to dispel or reduce fever, as a medicine.

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noun

1. such a medicine or agent.

2. a cooling drink.

febrifuge British  

/ fɪˈbrɪfjʊɡəl, ˈfɛbrɪˌfjuːdʒ, ˌfɛbrɪˈfjuːɡəl /

noun

1. any drug or agent for reducing fever

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adjective

1. serving to reduce fever

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• febrifugal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of febrifuge

1680–90; < French < Late Latin febrifugia plant good for curing fever. See febri-, -fuge

Example Sentences

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

We do not think of it any more, however, as a general febrifuge and there is no justification for its use in the slight infective conditions we know as colds.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

At Santigo de Chile the bark is used as a substitute for Cinchona as a febrifuge.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

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

It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah