feb|ri|fuge

feb|ri|fuge
feb|ri|fuge «FEHB ruh fyooj», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a medicine to reduce fever.
2. a cooling drink.
–adj.
curing or lessening fever.
[< French fébrifuge, learned borrowing from Late Latin febrifugia. See etym. of doublet feverfew. (Cf.feverfew)]

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