ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anti-inflammatory drug mean? 

• ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG (noun)
  The noun ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG has 1 sense:

1. a medicine intended to reduce inflammation

  Familiarity information: ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medicine intended to reduce inflammation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

anti-inflammatory; anti-inflammatory drug

Hypernyms ("anti-inflammatory drug" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anti-inflammatory drug"):

Cox-2 inhibitor (an anti-inflammatory drug that fights pain and blocks Cox-2 activity without impeding the activity of Cox-1; increases the risk of heart attacks)

hydroxychloroquine; Plaquenil (anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus)

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; NSAID (an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids)

oxyphenbutazone; Tandearil (an anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis)

Butazolidin; phenylbutazone (anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin))

Pediapred; prednisolone; Prelone (a glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions)

Deltasone; Liquid Pred; Meticorten; Orasone; prednisone (a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant)

Decadron; dexamethasone; Dexamethasone Intensol; Dexone; Hexadrol; Oradexon (a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation)

 Context examples 

A synthetic, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with antipyretic, analgesic, and potential antineoplastic properties.

(Etoricoxib, NCI Thesaurus)

A propionic acid derivate and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic effects.

(Ibuprofen, NCI Thesaurus)

A propionic acid derivate and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic effects.

(Ketoprofen, NCI Thesaurus)

Chronic inflammation can however also lead to tissue damage in conditions such as arthritis, in which anti-inflammatory drugs act on various steps in inflammation to prevent disease.

(Local Acute Inflammatory Response Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A pyranocarboxylic acid and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with antipyretic and analgesic activities.

(Etodolac, NCI Thesaurus)

A difluorophenyl derivate of salicylic acid and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.

(Diflunisal, NCI Thesaurus)

Cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors belong to the family of drugs called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

(Cyclooxygenase inhibitor, NCI Dictionary)

Cyclooxygenase inhibitors are a type of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

(Cyclooxygenase inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

The drugs have caused sex charges in fish and amphibians and one type of anti-inflammatory drug has driven vultures in India close to extinction.

(Experts Warn Prescription, Over-the-Counter Drugs Polluting World's Rivers, VOA)

As a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), diclofenac binds and chelates both isoforms of cyclooxygenase (COX-1 and-2), thereby blocking the conversion of arachidonic acid to pro-inflammatory-proprostaglandins.

(Diclofenac, NCI Thesaurus)