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

Filings of Iron, which enter into the third Prescription, are an excellent Febrifuge in particular Cases and Circumstances.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Febrifuge, feb′ri-fūj, n. a medicine for removing fever.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Potash potash Febrifuge salt of Sylvius: Muriated vegetable fixed alkali.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

It's something new which I read about in the 'Evening Chronicle,'—Dr. Bright's Cosmopolitan Febrifuge.

From Eyebright A Story by Coolidge, Susan