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Alexipyretic
Alexipyretic A*lex`i*py*ret"ic, a. [Gr. ? + ? burning heat,
fever, ? fire.] (Med.)
Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile. -- n. A febrifuge.
Anacyclus PyrethrumPellitory Pel"li*to*ry, n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See
Bertram.] (Bot.)
(a) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the
Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and
whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and
is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also
bertram, and pellitory of Spain.
(b) The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called
because it resembles the above. Anacyclus pyrethrumPyrethrine Pyr"eth*rine, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain
(Anacyclus pyrethrum). Anacyclus pyrethrumBertram Ber"tram, n. [Corrupted fr. L. pyrethrum, Gr. ? a hot
spicy plant, fr. ? fire.] (Bot.)
Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum). Antipyretic
Antipyretic An`ti*py*ret"ic, a. (Med.)
Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n. A
febrifuge.
Apyretic
Apyretic Ap`y*ret"ic, a. [Pref. a? not + pyretic.] (Med.)
Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an
intermission of fever. --Dunglison.
PyrethrinPyrethrin Pyr"eth*rin, n. [NL. Pyrethrum, generic name of
feverfew, Gr. ? feverfew.] (Chem.)
A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor,
and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called
also Pyrethrum camphor. PyrethrinePyrethrine Pyr"eth*rine, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain
(Anacyclus pyrethrum). Pyrethrum camphorPyrethrin Pyr"eth*rin, n. [NL. Pyrethrum, generic name of
feverfew, Gr. ? feverfew.] (Chem.)
A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor,
and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called
also Pyrethrum camphor. Pyrethrum or Chrysanthemum PartheniumFeverfew Fe"ver*few, n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See
fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, or Chrysanthemum, Parthenium)
allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white
blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.
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