🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

退烧药

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tuìshāoyào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Antipyretic/ˌænti.paɪˈrɛtɪk/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #15400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"医生建议服用退烧药来降低体温。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    A drug or substance that relieves or reduces fever.

    "The doctor recommended an antipyretic to bring down the child's high temperature."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 19th century: from Greek anti- 'against' + pyretikos 'feverish' (from pyretos 'fever', from pyr 'fire').

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