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antipyresis

antipyresis noun: the reduction of fever.

Noun

antipyresis (uncountable)

  1. The reduction of fever.

Origin of antipyresis

Back-formation from antipyretic.

Questions about antipyresis

What does antipyresis mean?
Antipyresis means the reduction of fever.
What part of speech is antipyresis?
Antipyresis is a noun.

Words near antipyresis in the dictionary

  1. antiputrids
  2. antipyic
  3. antipyics
  4. antipyogenic
  5. antipyonin
  6. antipyresis
  7. antipyretic
  8. antipyretically
  9. antipyretics
  10. antipyrexial
  11. antipyrexic

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