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pyretic, a. and n.|paɪər-, pɪˈrɛtɪk|
[ad. mod.L. pyretic-us, f. Gr. πυρετ-ός fever: see -ic. Cf. Gr. πυρεκτικός pyrectic.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to fever; producing feverish symptoms; tending to raise the bodily temperature.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Pyreticus, of or belonging to fever: pyretic. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 650 Whenever the bodily temperature falls below normal, pyretic treatment is demanded. 1894Blackmore Perlycross xiii, If..pyretic action does not supervene, we shall save her life.
2. Used for the cure of fever, antipyretic.
1868Pharm. Jrnl. Ser. ii. IX. 347 An effervescing preparation, called..‘Pyretic Salts’, and also..‘Effervescing Pyretic Saline’.
B. n. A remedy for fever; a febrifuge, an antipyretic. rare—0.
[1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Pyretica, Medicines that cure Fevers.] 1728Chambers Cycl., Pyretics, medicines good against Fevers. 1836in Smart. |