Antipyretic Synonyms and Antonyms

ăntē-pī-rĕtĭk, ăntī-
Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. febrifuge
Preventing or alleviating fever
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. pyretic

Words Related to Antipyretic

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. antispasmodic
  2. anti-spasmodic
  3. antitussive
  4. anticholinergic
  5. anti-inflammatory
  6. antiinflammatory
  7. antimuscarinic
  8. anti-anxiety
  9. anti-emetic

Antipyretic Sentence Examples

  • According to Sir Thomas Fraser nothing else can compete with alcohol as a food in desperate febrile cases, and to this use must be added its antipyretic power already explained and its action as a soporific. During its administration in febrile cases the drug must be most carefully watched, as its action may prove deleterious to the nervous system and the circulation in certain classes of patient.

  • Salicylic acid and salicin (q.v.) share the properties common to the group of aromatic acids, which, as a group, are antiseptic without being toxic to man - a property practically unique; are unstable in the body; are antipyretic and analgesic; and diminish the excretion of urea by the kidneys.

  • The antipyretic action which considerable doses of aconite display is not specific, but is the result of its influence on the circulation and respiration and of its slight diaphoretic action.

  • It has been used with success as an antiperiodic and antipyretic in ague, and also as a diuretic in gout and kidney affections.

  • The acid and its salts are antipyretic and were used in Germany instead of salicylates in rheumatic fever.

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