febrifuge

adjective

1. serving to dispel or reduce fever, as a medicine.

noun

2. such a medicine or agent.
3. a cooling drink.

noun

1. any drug or agent for reducing fever

adjective

2. serving to reduce fever

n.

1680s, from French fébrifuge, literally “driving fever away,” from Latin febris (see fever) + fugare “to put to flight” (see fugitive).

n.

1. An agent that acts to reduce a fever; an antipyretic.

adj.

1. Acting to reduce fever.