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Definition of Febrifuge
1. Noun. Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever.
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Derivative terms: Antipyretic
Definition of Febrifuge
1. n. A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.
Definition of Febrifuge
1. Noun. An antipyretic (fever-reducing) medication. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Febrifuge
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Medical Definition of Febrifuge
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Febrifuge
Literary usage of Febrifuge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years by Solomon Smith (1868)
"febrifuge ! febrifuge !' repeated the patient, slowly and musingly. ... febrifuge is
any medicine intended to cure fevers ; I aren't you thinking of ..."
2. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody; an Invaluable Collection by A W Chase, William Wesley Cook (1920)
"It will be difficult to use the infusion of snake root with children that are
too young to obey the mandate of parents, and the febrifuge may be made sweet, ..."
3. Peruvian Bark: A Popular Account of the Introduction of Chinchona by Clements Robert Markham (1880)
"This experiment showed me that the ingredients required for manufacture could be
economically obtained in India, and led me to infer that a cheap febrifuge ..."
4. Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain by Alexander von Humboldt (1814)
"ferns abound, and where the region * of the true febrifuge quinquina with very
short stamina and downy corollas commences. ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1873)
"Laurel Leaves as a febrifuge.—MA Doran has communicated a note to the French
Academy recording the febrifuge and antiperiodic properties of the leaves of ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1834)
"Fontana, however, maintained the existence of a certain febrifuge principle, to
which he gave the name of ..."
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