pyretic
/pʌɪˈrɛtɪk
/ /pɪˈrɛtɪk/adjective
Feverish or inducing fever.The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that CO, rather than free iron or biliverdine, is a pyretic molecule in the CNS of rats.
Origin
Early 18th century (as a noun, denoting an antipyretic drug): from modern Latin pyreticus, from Greek puretos 'fever'.