Nor Priest Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Is fever pill a normal word?
Which word do you use when you want to say "fever pill" ?
You say "fever pill" or "fever-lowering pill" or "antipyretic" or "febrifuge" or anything else.
I want to use the most normal word that everyone could get it easily. Especially, when I go to drugstore.
Thank you.
You say "fever pill" or "fever-lowering pill" or "antipyretic" or "febrifuge" or anything else.
I want to use the most normal word that everyone could get it easily. Especially, when I go to drugstore.
Thank you.
Top answer
Around here, "fever pill" is not the way to say that. " I can't think of an everyday word for a pill you take for fever. If you are talking to an actual pharmacist, say "antipyretic".
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Around here, "fever pill" is not the way to say that. I would say, "I need something for a fever." I can't think of an everyday word for a pill you take for fever. If you are talking to an actual pharmacist, say "antipyretic". If you are talking to the chubby, gum-chewing 19-year-old high-school-dropout cashier girl with the press-on fingernails who has to stop scratching her scalp with her pinkie
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