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febrifacient (medicine) and boxer(2) (iou)


febrifacient (medicine)


febrifacient


1. Causing or favouring the development of fever.

Synonym: febriferous, febrific.

2. Anything that produces fever.

See: pyrogenic.

Synonym: febricant.

Origin: L. Febris, fever, + facio, to make


boxer(2) (iou)



boxer noun2. L17.
[from BOX verb2 + -ER1.]
A person who boxes; a pugilist. L17.
Hist. (Boxer.) [Repr. Chinese y&igra; he quan lit. 'righteous harmonious fists'.] A member of a Chinese nationalist secret society responsible for a rising in 1900. E20.
A dog of a smooth-coated square-built breed of the bulldog type, originating in Germany. E20.
Comb.: boxer shorts men's loose shorts or underpants.