anticausoticadj.n.
Med.
A. adj.
Of use against a burning fever.
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antifebrific1661
febrifugal1663
febrifugous1683
antifebrile1696
febrifuge1707
anticausotic1753
alexipyretic1847
pyretic1867
antipyretic1875
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. An Anticausotic syrup.
1853 [see sense B.]. B. n.
(sc. medicine).
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1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Anticausotic, Having power to remove or moderate an ardent fever; a medicine used for this purpose.
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