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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