Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

febrifuge

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛbrɪfjuːdʒ/
Definition of febrifuge

noun

  • a medicine used to reduce fever: she employed a risky febrifuge and the fever finally broke

Derivatives

febrifugal

Pronunciation: /fɪˈbrɪfjʊg(ə)l, ˌfɛbrɪˈfjuːg(ə)l/
adjective

Origin:

late 17th century: from French fébrifuge, from Latin febris 'fever' + fugare 'drive away'. Compare with feverfew

febrifuge in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of febrifuge in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

epithalamium

/ ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm /
noun
a song or poem celebrating a marriage …