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Aspirin is called:

A
pyretic
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antiseptic
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antibiotic
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D
antipyretic
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Solution

The correct option is D antipyretic
Aspirin is a medication often used to treat pain, fever, and inflammation
It inhibits the synthesis of chemicals known as prostaglandins which stimulate inflammation in the tissue and cause pain.
These drugs are effective in relieving skeletal pain such as that due to arthritis. These drugs have many other effects such as reducing fever (antipyretic).

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