febrifuge

American  

[feb-ruh-fyooj] / ˈfɛb rəˌfjudʒ /

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  

/ ˈfɛbrɪˌfjuːdʒ /

noun

1. any drug or agent for reducing fever

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adjective

1. serving to reduce fever

Other Word Forms

• febrifugal
  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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Example Sentences

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febrifuge

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

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

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 James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

The bark has been employed for dyeing yellow and for tanning, and was formerly in popular repute as a febrifuge and tonic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

The amulet fastened round her neck she held in high honor, not because it was a febrifuge, but because it was the solitary memento of her mother which she possessed.

From Pretty Michal by Mór Jókai

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