antipyretic

🇺🇸 /ˌæntipaɪˈretɪk/ 🇬🇧 /ˌæntipaɪˈretɪk/
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adjective
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used to lower a fever

The doctor recommended an antipyretic medicine to help reduce the fever.

noun
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a medicine that lowers a fever

After taking an antipyretic, her fever started to go down.

translation

adj. used to lower a fever
n. a medicine that lowers a fever

Word Forms

Plural antipyretics