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Antipyretic vs Quinizine - What's the difference?

antipyretic | quinizine |

As nouns the difference between antipyretic and quinizine

is that antipyretic is a pharmaceutical that reduces fever; a febrifuge while quinizine is (chemistry|archaic) any of a series of nitrogenous bases derived from quinoline, some of which are used as antipyretics.

As an adjective antipyretic

is (medicine) 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

    Anagrams

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    quinizine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry, archaic) Any of a series of nitrogenous bases derived from quinoline, some of which are used as antipyretics.