anetic

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin aneticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνετικός (anetikós, relaxing, remitting), from ἄνεσις (ánesis, relaxation, abatement).

Adjective

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anetic (comparative more anetic, superlative most anetic)

  1. (medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
    • 1899, Samuel C. James, “Therapeutics in Continued Fevers”, in Merck's Archives, volume 1, page 465:
      The anetic property is also an important factor in its [sc. antipyrine] use—in fact, that element surpasses those of heat elimination and is more often considered when the drug is prescribed by therapeutists.

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