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antipyretic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | febrifuge |
| Type of | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
antipyretic:: | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of antipyretic
antipyretic
In Malaysia, a decoction of the leaves and roots used to be prescribed as an antipyretic.
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Fever itself does not necessitate the need for an antipyretic.
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Please don't administer an antipyretic and send him out the door.
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Three pediatric studies reported second-degree burns when raw, crushed garlic was directly applied to children's skin as an antipyretic or antiviral treatment.
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Realgar is frequently included as an ingredient in oral traditional remedies for its antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, anti-convulsive, and anti-schistosomiasis actions.
From the forbes.com
In laboratory animals, the gingerols increase the motility of the gastrointestinal tract and have analgesic, sedative, antipyretic and antibacterial properties.
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When high doses of aspirin are given, it may actually cause fever, owing to the heat released from the electron transport chain, as opposed to the antipyretic action of aspirin seen with lower doses.
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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.
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- Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
- Preventing or alleviating fever
- (antipyresis) medication with antipyretics to treat a fever
- Antipyretics (literally "against the fire") are drugs that reduce fever. They will not normally lower body temperature if one does not have a fever. Antipyretics cause the hypothalamus to override an interleukin-induced increase in temperature. ...
- A pharmaceutical that reduces fever; a febrifuge; That reduces fever; fever-reducing
- (Antipyretics) Medicines used to suppress fever, often analgesics.
- Cooling herbs used to reduce fevers: alfalfa, basil, gota kola, skullcap, chickweed, yarrow.
- Antipyretic medicines are used to treat fever. For example, aspirin and paracetamol.
- Fever-reducing; the term comes from the Greek word pyresis, which means fire.
