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Meanings of febrifuge in inglés

Preventing or reducing fever.

Usage of febrifuge in inglés
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The trees which furnish, the precious febrifuge bark are native here.
Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen
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I also doctor him with febrifuge tea, made of snake and valerian roots.
The diary of mattie spenser
3
The medicine must be a soporific as well as a febrifuge.
A river in the sky
4
Its bark very thin, and of a pale yellow, is a powerful febrifuge.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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He claims it is better than febrifuge and cures all ailments, including his rheumatism.
The diary of mattie spenser
6
One medical innovation, the use of quinine as a febrifuge, has secured universal approbation.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
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The tree is celebrated for its aromatic fruit, the infusion of which is a powerful febrifuge.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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These compounds had a very surprising febrifuge action, without any unpleasant after effects or local disturbances.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
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Then he flew to a famous antidote, to "the grand febrifuge" of anchorites-coldwater.
The Cloister and the Hearth
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She knew but little Italian, but could understand that the cordial was a febrifuge of some sort.
The Woodlanders
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Used sometimes as a febrifuge-
A quiet vendetta
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He did his utmost to endeavour to kindle a little enthusiasm in me on the subject of this valuable febrifuge.
The Days Before Yesterday
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Librarians invented that soothing device for the febrifuge of their souls, just as I fall back upon the rites of the kitchen.
The Haunted Bookshop
14
The water in which it was dipped operated as a styptic, as a febrifuge, and possessed other properties as a medical talisman.
The Talisman
15
The mother sped to her daughters' appeal for help and required her son to sing "The Lost Chord" as a febrifuge.
The Boss of Little Arcady
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And by and by Santa goes to sleep; and Doc feels her forehead; and he says to me: 'You're not such a bad febrifuge.
Heart of the West
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