pyreticn.adj.

Brit.

/pʌɪˈrɛtɪk/,

/pᵻˈrɛtɪk/, U.S.

/paɪˈrɛdɪk/

Forms: 1700s pyretick, 1700s– pyretic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyreticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pyreticus (1690 in the passage translated in quot. 1693 at sense A. 1) < Hellenistic Greek πυρετικός feverish < ancient Greek πυρετός fever (see pyreto- comb. form) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French pyrétique (of a medicinal preparation) that can be used to treat fever (1765; 1756 or earlier as plural noun in a source apparently translated from English; compare sense A. 1). Compare pyrectic adj. Compare earlier antipyretic n.

Chiefly Medicine.

A. n.

†1. A medicinal preparation used to treat fever or fevers; = antipyretic n. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [noun]

fever-frighter?1611

antifebrile1661

antipyretic1681

alexipyretic1682

febrifuge1686

pyretic1707

1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 173 Pyretica [L. Pyretica], Medicines that cure Fevers.]

1707 Glossographia Anglicana Nova Pyreticks, medicines that cure Feavers.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Pyretics, Medicines good against Fevers.

2. A substance or agent that causes fever or increase in body temperature; a pyrogen. Now rare.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > high or low temperature > [noun] > high temperature > cause of

inflamer1747

pyrogen1875

pyretic1892

pyrotoxin1895

1892 Year-bk. Treatm. 449 Even injections of the most powerful pyretics, such as putrescent matter, caused not the slightest rise of temperature.

1899 S. O. L. Potter Handbk. Materia Medica, Pharmacy, & Therapeutics 38 The Body-temperature is raised by Belladonna..and by Cocaine, but not to such a degree as to constitute fever or enable them to be classed as pyretics.

1943 H. M. Krueger Pharmacol. Opium Alkaloids I. 318 There was a hypersensitivity of the organism to central nervous excitants such as the pyretics, and depressants such as the antipyretics.

1982 A. S. Milton (title) Pyretics and antipyretics.

B. adj.

1. Of or relating to fever; producing pyrexia, raising the body temperature; febrile. Also figurative.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective]

feverousa1393

feverisha1398

febrousc1425

febrilous1651

febrile1666

febrific1749

pyrexial1787

pyrectic1822

pyretic1850

post-febrile1874

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > high or low temperature > [adjective] > high temperature > causing

inflammatory1733

warm1737

pyretic1850

pyrogenetic1871

1850 Lancet 18 May 604/2 She was attacked by erysipelas, which was accompanied by all the pyretic symptoms of this affection in a very marked degree.

1879 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (ed. 3) 650 Whenever the bodily temperature falls below normal, pyretic treatment is demanded.

1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross I. xiii. 189 If..pyretic action does not supervene, we shall save her life.

1943 E. F. Adolf Physiol. Regulations xvii. 404 It is easy enough to arrange for the inverse to happen by depleting water; then administering a pyretic drug to develop a positive heat load.

1973 Times 22 Oct. 9/2 The purge of the Justice Department has raised political temperatures here to a pyretic level.

1997 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 210 1768 The horse was pyretic and had effusion in the digital synovial sheath.

2. Of a medicinal preparation: = antipyretic adj. Chiefly in pyretic saline. Now disused.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [adjective]

antifebrific1661

febrifugal1663

febrifugous1683

antifebrile1696

febrifuge1707

anticausotic1753

alexipyretic1847

pyretic1867

antipyretic1875

1867 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Nov. 1/4 Why spend months of suffering & pounds in physic, when Lamplough's Pyretic Saline restores health & vigour to the system?

1868 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 9 347 An effervescing preparation, called..‘Pyretic Salts’, and also..‘Effervescing Pyretic Saline’.

1876 Lancet 29 Apr. 655/2 To take two teaspoonfuls of pyretic saline.

1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 99 Eno's fruit salt..has overlaid that comforter of my childhood, Lamplough's pyretic saline.

1911 M. R. James More Ghost Stories Antiquary 100 The brilliant and convincing dialogue between Mr. Lamplough and an eminent K.C. on the subject of Pyretic Saline.

1936 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 58 1989/1 The introduction of an acid group..completely reverses the vasoconstricting and pyretic properties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyretic
释义	pyreticn.adj. Brit. /pʌɪˈrɛtɪk/, /pᵻˈrɛtɪk/, U.S. /paɪˈrɛdɪk/ Forms: 1700s pyretick, 1700s– pyretic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyreticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pyreticus (1690 in the passage translated in quot. 1693 at sense A. 1) < Hellenistic Greek πυρετικός feverish < ancient Greek πυρετός fever (see pyreto- comb. form) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare French pyrétique (of a medicinal preparation) that can be used to treat fever (1765; 1756 or earlier as plural noun in a source apparently translated from English; compare sense A. 1). Compare pyrectic adj. Compare earlier antipyretic n. Chiefly Medicine. A. n. †1. A medicinal preparation used to treat fever or fevers; = antipyretic n. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [noun] fever-frighter?1611 antifebrile1661 antipyretic1681 alexipyretic1682 febrifuge1686 pyretic1707 1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 173 Pyretica [L. Pyretica], Medicines that cure Fevers.] 1707 Glossographia Anglicana Nova Pyreticks, medicines that cure Feavers. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Pyretics, Medicines good against Fevers. 2. A substance or agent that causes fever or increase in body temperature; a pyrogen. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > high or low temperature > [noun] > high temperature > cause of inflamer1747 pyrogen1875 pyretic1892 pyrotoxin1895 1892 Year-bk. Treatm. 449 Even injections of the most powerful pyretics, such as putrescent matter, caused not the slightest rise of temperature. 1899 S. O. L. Potter Handbk. Materia Medica, Pharmacy, & Therapeutics 38 The Body-temperature is raised by Belladonna..and by Cocaine, but not to such a degree as to constitute fever or enable them to be classed as pyretics. 1943 H. M. Krueger Pharmacol. Opium Alkaloids I. 318 There was a hypersensitivity of the organism to central nervous excitants such as the pyretics, and depressants such as the antipyretics. 1982 A. S. Milton (title) Pyretics and antipyretics. B. adj. 1. Of or relating to fever; producing pyrexia, raising the body temperature; febrile. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] feverousa1393 feverisha1398 febrousc1425 febrilous1651 febrile1666 febrific1749 pyrexial1787 pyrectic1822 pyretic1850 post-febrile1874 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > high or low temperature > [adjective] > high temperature > causing inflammatory1733 warm1737 pyretic1850 pyrogenetic1871 1850 Lancet 18 May 604/2 She was attacked by erysipelas, which was accompanied by all the pyretic symptoms of this affection in a very marked degree. 1879 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (ed. 3) 650 Whenever the bodily temperature falls below normal, pyretic treatment is demanded. 1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross I. xiii. 189 If..pyretic action does not supervene, we shall save her life. 1943 E. F. Adolf Physiol. Regulations xvii. 404 It is easy enough to arrange for the inverse to happen by depleting water; then administering a pyretic drug to develop a positive heat load. 1973 Times 22 Oct. 9/2 The purge of the Justice Department has raised political temperatures here to a pyretic level. 1997 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 210 1768 The horse was pyretic and had effusion in the digital synovial sheath. 2. Of a medicinal preparation: = antipyretic adj. Chiefly in pyretic saline. Now disused. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [adjective] antifebrific1661 febrifugal1663 febrifugous1683 antifebrile1696 febrifuge1707 anticausotic1753 alexipyretic1847 pyretic1867 antipyretic1875 1867 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Nov. 1/4 Why spend months of suffering & pounds in physic, when Lamplough's Pyretic Saline restores health & vigour to the system? 1868 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 9 347 An effervescing preparation, called..‘Pyretic Salts’, and also..‘Effervescing Pyretic Saline’. 1876 Lancet 29 Apr. 655/2 To take two teaspoonfuls of pyretic saline. 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 99 Eno's fruit salt..has overlaid that comforter of my childhood, Lamplough's pyretic saline. 1911 M. R. James More Ghost Stories Antiquary 100 The brilliant and convincing dialogue between Mr. Lamplough and an eminent K.C. on the subject of Pyretic Saline. 1936 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 58 1989/1 The introduction of an acid group..completely reverses the vasoconstricting and pyretic properties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1707
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