| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Medication with antipyretics to treat a fever.[Wordnet]
2. The condition or state of being free from fever.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Date "ANTIPYRESIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Antipyresis \An`ti*py*re"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression against to be feverish, from fire.]. (references) |
