A chemical compound or substance that acts to reduce fever or lower body temperature.
From anti- (against) + thermin (relating to heat; possibly from Greek therme, heat). This rare medical term was used in early pharmacology to name fever-reducing agents.
This is an old-fashioned scientific term for anything that reduces heat in the body—modern medicine just calls these 'antipyretics,' but antithermin shows how scientists used to create very specific names for each drug.
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