Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Reduction of fever; treatment for the reduction of fever.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) The condition or state of being free from fever.

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  • noun medicine The reduction of fever.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun medication with antipyretics to treat a fever

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ pyresis

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  • This book provides a detailed overview of the function of the central nervous system (CNS) in fever and its role in combating fever (antipyresis).

    AvaxHome 2010

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