apyretic

[ ey-pahy-ret-ik ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. free from fever.

Word History and Origins

Origin of apyretic¹

First recorded in 1835–45; a- ⁶ + pyretic

Example Sentences

If febrile symptoms are sufficient to make us regard a disease as general, then there is no local disease, except when apyretic.

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