a. [f. next + -AL.] Adapted to mitigate or subdue fever; anti-febrile.
1663. Boyle, Usefuln. Nat. Philos., II. V. x. 212. Hops, Currans and Salt, neither any of the Ingredients inwardly given, nor the mixture hath been (that I know of) noted for any Febrifugal Vertues.
1853. Chamb. Jrnl., XX. 28. The remedies prescribed were depletory and febrifugal.
1870. Bentley, Bot. (ed. 2), 483. The plants of this order have … febrifugal properties.
