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febrifuge

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɛbɹɪfjuːd͡ʒ/Part of speech nounSorted beeffgiruStarts with FEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever

Word origin

From French fébrifuge, from Latin febrifugus. Doublet of feverfew. Source of -fuge.

Used in a sentence

  • ...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.

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