Meanings
- not comparablemedicineThat reduces fever.
The antipyretic action of AVP is limited mainly to its action in a precise location in the ventral septum, though there is some evidence for a similar action in the medial amygdala.
1999, Otto Appenzeller, The Autonomic Nervous System, →ISBN, page 4861 more example
Hailed as a general remedy against fevers, it spurred hot debate among seventeenth-century medical professionals, especially in England. The bark, which includes among other active ingredients quinine, has a mild antipyretic effect and a far stronger impact in cases of malaria.
2001, Margaret Humphreys, Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United StatesSynonyms: alexipyretic, antifebrile, antifever, febrifugal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat reduces fever.
nounA medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivepreventing or alleviating fever
nounany medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Arabic خافض للحرارة
- خافض للحرارةmedicine that reduces fever
Bengali জ্বরঘ্ন
- জ্বরঘ্ন (joroghno)that reduces fever
Catalan antipirètic, antipirètic
- antipirèticthat reduces fever
- antipirèticmedicine that reduces fever
Chinese Mandarin 退燒藥 /退烧药
- 退燒藥 /退烧药 (tuìshāoyào)medicine that reduces fever
Czech protihorečnatý, antipyretikum
- protihorečnatýthat reduces fever
- antipyretikummedicine that reduces fever
Danish febernedsættende, feberstillende
- febernedsættendethat reduces fever
- feberstillendethat reduces fever
Dutch koortswerend
- koortswerendthat reduces fever
Esperanto antifebra
- antifebrathat reduces fever
Finnish antipyreettinen, kuumetta vähentävä
- antipyreettinenthat reduces fever
- kuumetta vähentäväthat reduces fever
- kuumelääkemedicine that reduces fever
- antipyreettimedicine that reduces fever
French antipyrétique, antipyrétique
- antipyrétiquethat reduces fever
- antipyrétiquemedicine that reduces fever
German antipyretisch, fiebersenkend
- antipyretischthat reduces fever
- fiebersenkendthat reduces fever
- Antipyretikummedicine that reduces fever
- Fiebermittelmedicine that reduces fever
Greek αντιπυρετικός, αντιπυρετικό
- αντιπυρετικός (antipyretikós)that reduces fever
- αντιπυρετικό (antipyretikó)medicine that reduces fever
Hindi ज्वरघ्न
- ज्वरघ्न (jvaraghna)that reduces fever
Hungarian lázcsillapító, lázcsillapító
- lázcsillapítóthat reduces fever
- lázcsillapítómedicine that reduces fever
Italian antipiretico, antipiretico
- antipireticothat reduces fever
- antipireticomedicine that reduces fever
Japanese 解熱薬, 解熱剤
- 解熱薬 (genetsuyaku)medicine that reduces fever
- 解熱剤 (genetsuzai)medicine that reduces fever
Korean 해열제
- 해열제 (haeyeolje)medicine that reduces fever
Norwegian Bokmål febernedsettende, feberstillende
- febernedsettendethat reduces fever
- feberstillendethat reduces fever
Polish przeciwgorączkowy, środek przeciwgorączkowy
- przeciwgorączkowythat reduces fever
- środek przeciwgorączkowymedicine that reduces fever
Portuguese antipirético, antifebril
- antipiréticothat reduces fever
- antifebrilthat reduces fever
- antipiréticomedicine that reduces fever
- antifebrilmedicine that reduces fever
Russian антипире́тик
- антипире́тик (antipirɛ́tik)medicine that reduces fever
Spanish antipirético, antipirético
- antipiréticothat reduces fever
- antipiréticomedicine that reduces fever
Swedish febernedsättande
- febernedsättandethat reduces fever
Ukrainian жарозни́жувальний
- жарозни́жувальний (žaroznýžuvalʹnyj)that reduces fever
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Cite this entry
antipyretic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipyretic
“antipyretic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipyretic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antipyretic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipyretic.
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