Antipyretic

Introduction: Antipyretic

Description of Antipyretic

Antipyretic: A substance or procedure that reduces fever.

Antipyretic: (1) Reducing fever. SYN: antifebrile, febrifugal. (2) An agent that reduces fever (e.g., acetaminophen, aspirin). SYN: febrifuge. [anti- + G. pyretos, fever]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Antipyretic: any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Antipyretic: agent that relieves or reduces fever.
Source: CRISP

Terms associated with Antipyretic:

Terms Similar to Antipyretic:

• febrifuge

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Antipyretic:

• acetaminophen
• aspirin
• naproxen

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Antipyretic

• analgesic
• antiinflammatory agent

Source - CRISP

• medicine
• medication
• medicament
• medicinal drug

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Antipyretic

The following list attempts to classify Antipyretic into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• medicament,medication,medicinal drug,medicine
• drug
• agent
• causal agency,causal agent,cause
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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