ANTIPYROTIC


Meaning of ANTIPYROTIC in English

/an'tee puy rot"ik, an'tuy-/ , Med., Pharm.

adj.

1. relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.

n.

2. an antipyrotic agent.

[ 1830-40; ANTI- + Gk pyrotikós burning, equiv. to pyro-, verbid s. of pyroûn to burn + -tikos -TIC ]

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