febrifuge

1. (pharmacology) Synonym of antipyretic (“a fever-reducing medication”).Examples: "...therein it differs not from the mode of operation, which we observe in the famous peruvian febrifuge."; "Ah, my boy, you forget the card index! Librarians invented that soothing device for the febrifuge of their souls..."; "And, by goodness, the door was ajar into the hall, for Constance had slipped out to the nearest pharmacy in search of a febrifuge for her fever-bound lover."Synonyms: alexipyretic, antifebrile, antipyretic