febrifuge
/ˈfɛbrɪˌfjudʒ/
noun
- A medicine or treatment that reduces fever.
- The doctor prescribed a febrifuge to bring down the child's high temperature.
- In traditional medicine, willow bark was used as a natural febrifuge.
- She took a febrifuge and felt her fever break within a few hours.
Synonyms
adjective
- Having the effect of reducing fever.
- The tea had a mild febrifuge effect, helping to cool the patient down.
- Many febrifuge drugs work by blocking certain chemicals in the body.
- The febrifuge properties of the herb made it popular in ancient remedies.