A chemical compound or substance that reduces fever, or relating to fever-reducing properties.
From 'anti-' (against) + 'pyryl' or 'pyr-' (relating to fever/fire, from Greek 'pyr' meaning fire), a pharmaceutical term for fever-reducing compounds.
Antipyryl compounds were crucial before modern medicine—chemists discovered that certain chemicals could safely lower dangerous fevers when a body overheated as a response to infection.
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