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Word: Febrifuge
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: from French fébrifuge, from Latin febris ‘fever’ + fugare ‘drive away’. Compare with feverfew
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfɛbrɪfjuːdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a medicine used to reduce fever
Short Definition:medicine used to reduce fever
Examples:- she employed a risky febrifuge and the fever finally broke
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