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thermifugine

thermifugine noun: an artificial alkaloid resembling thalline, used as an antipyretic.

Noun

thermifugine (uncountable)

  1. An artificial alkaloid resembling thalline, used as an antipyretic.

Origin of thermifugine

Ancient Greek [Term?] for "heat" + Latin fugere to flee.

Questions about thermifugine

What does thermifugine mean?
Thermifugine means an artificial alkaloid resembling thalline, used as an antipyretic.
What part of speech is thermifugine?
Thermifugine is a noun.

Words near thermifugine in the dictionary

  1. Thermidorean
  2. Thermidoreans
  3. Thermidorian
  4. Thermidorians
  5. Thermidors
  6. thermifugine
  7. thermin
  8. thermion
  9. thermionic
  10. thermionic tube
  11. thermionic tubes

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