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Antipyretic vs Thymacetin - What's the difference?

antipyretic | thymacetin |

In medicine terms the difference between antipyretic and thymacetin

is that antipyretic is that reduces fever; fever-reducing while thymacetin is an acetamide derivative of thymol that was once used as an antipyretic and analgesic.

As an adjective antipyretic

is that reduces fever; fever-reducing.

antipyretic

English

(wikipedia antipyretic)

Adjective

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  • (medicine) That reduces fever; fever-reducing.
  • * 1999 , Otto Appenzeller, The Autonomic Nervous System , ISBN 0444825460, p. 486.
    • The antipyretic action of AVP is limited mainly to its action in a precise location in the ventral septum, though there is some evidence for a similar action in the medial amygdala.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pharmaceutical that reduces fever; a febrifuge.

    • Synonyms

    * febrifuge

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    thymacetin

    English

    Noun

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  • (medicine) An acetamide derivative of thymol that was once used as an antipyretic and analgesic