antipyretic

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ pyretic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæntɪpaɪˈɹɛtɪk/

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Adjective

antipyretic (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology) That reduces fever.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) alexipyretic, antifebrile, antifever, febrifugal

   • 1999, Otto Appenzeller, The Autonomic Nervous System, →ISBN, page 486:

     The antipyretic action of AVP is limited mainly to its action in a precise location in the ventral septum, though there is some evidence for a similar action in the medial amygdala.

   • 2001, Margaret Humphreys, Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States:

     Hailed as a general remedy against fevers, it spurred hot debate among seventeenth-century medical professionals, especially in England. The bark, which includes among other active ingredients quinine, has a mild antipyretic effect and a far stronger impact in cases of malaria.

Translations

that reduces fever

• Assamese: জ্বৰঘ্ন (zoroghno)
• Bengali: জ্বরঘ্ন (bn) (joroghno)
• Burmese: အဖျားဖြတ်ဆေး (my) (a.hpya:hprathce:)
• Catalan: antipirètic
• Czech: protihorečnatý m
• Danish: febernedsættende, feberstillende
• Dutch: koortswerend
• Esperanto: antifebra
• French: antipyrétique (fr)
• German: antipyretisch (de), fiebersenkend (de)
• Greek: αντιπυρετικός (el) (antipyretikós)
• Gujarati: જ્વરઘ્ન (jvaraghna)
• Hindi: ज्वरघ्न (hi) (jvaraghna)
• Hungarian: lázcsillapító (hu)
• Italian: antipiretico (it)
• Marathi: ज्वरघ्न (jvaraghna)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: febernedsettende, feberstillende

  Nynorsk: febernedsetjande, feberstillande

• Polish: przeciwgorączkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: antipirético, antifebril
• Spanish: antipirético (es)
• Swedish: febernedsättande (sv)
• Ukrainian: жарозни́жувальний (žaroznýžuvalʹnyj)

Noun

antipyretic (plural antipyretics)

1. (pharmacology) A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) alexipyretic, antifebrile

Translations

medicine that reduces fever

• Arabic: خافض للحرارة m
• Burmese: အဖျားဖြတ်ဆေး (my) (a.hpya:hprathce:)
• Catalan: antipirètic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 退燒藥／退烧药 (zh) (tuìshāoyào)

• Czech: antipyretikum (cs) n
• French: antipyrétique (fr)
• German: Antipyretikum (de) n, Fiebermittel (de) n
• Greek: αντιπυρετικό (el) n (antipyretikó)
• Hungarian: lázcsillapító (hu)
• Italian: antipiretico (it) m
• Japanese: 解熱薬 (ja) (げねつやく, genetsuyaku), 解熱剤 (ja) (げねつざい, genetsuzai)
• Korean: 해열제 (haeyeolje)
• Portuguese: antipirético m, antifebril m
• Russian: антипире́тик (ru) m (antipirɛ́tik)
• Spanish: antipirético (es) m
• Volapük: tafifmedin (vo)

Further reading

• antipyretic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pertinacity