Antifebrile
efficacious against fever; febrifuge; antipyretic.
an antifebrile agent.
historical examples
this food is esteemed extremely wholesome, and is antifebrile.
an account of timbuctoo and housa territories in the interior of africa abd salam shabeeny
adjective
reducing fever; antipyretic
noun
(obsolete) an antifebrile agent or drug
1660s, from anti- + febrile.
antifebrile an·ti·feb·rile (ān’tē-fěb’rəl, -fē’brəl, -brīl’, ān’tī-)
n.
see antipyretic.
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