Acting against or reducing heat or fever in the body; designed to lower temperature.
From anti- (against) + thermic (relating to heat). This medical term developed as fever-reducing medications and treatments were developed, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Aspirin and ibuprofen are antithermic drugs—they don't fight the infection causing the fever, they just tell your body to stop running so hot, which is why doctors sometimes say you shouldn't always treat a fever.
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