febrifuge
英 ['febrɪfjuːdʒ]
美['fɛbrɪ,fjʊdʒ]
- adj. 退热的；解热的
- n. [药] 退热药；解热药
中文词源
febrifuge 退热药
febri, 发烧，词源同fever. -fug, 逃避，词源同fugitive. 用来指退热药。
英文词源
- febrifuge (n.)
- "medicine that reduces fever," 1680s, from French fébrifuge, literally "driving fever away," from Latin febris (see fever) + fugare "cause to flee, put to flight, drive off, chase away, rout," also used in reference to banishment and exile, derived verb from fuga "flight," from PIE *bhug-a-, suffixed form of root *bheug- (1) "to flee" (see fugitive (adj.)).