PROSTAGLANDIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prostaglandin mean? 

• PROSTAGLANDIN (noun)
  The noun PROSTAGLANDIN has 1 sense:

1. a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity

  Familiarity information: PROSTAGLANDIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROSTAGLANDIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("prostaglandin" is a kind of...):

autacoid; autocoid (any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification)

 Context examples 

This inhibits the formation of prostaglandins that are involved in pain, inflammation and fever.

(Naproxen Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A radioprotective agent that belongs to the family of drugs called prostaglandins.

(Misoprostol, NCI Dictionary)

The resulting decrease in prostaglandin synthesis is responsible for the therapeutic effects of meloxicam.

(Meloxicam, NCI Thesaurus)

Nimesulide inhibits the cyclooxygenase-mediated conversion of arachidonic acid to pro-inflammatory prostaglandins.

(Nimesulide, NCI Thesaurus)

A reduction in prostaglandin synthesis accounts for this agent's anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic and analgesic activities; a reduction in thromboxane A2 synthesis results in an irreversible inhibition of platelet aggregation.

(Nitric oxide-releasing acetylsalicylic acid derivative, NCI Thesaurus)

Acetaminophen exerts its analgesic activity by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis, while oxycodone exerts its analgesic activity by binding to the mu-receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby mimicking the effects of endogenous opioids.

(Oxycodone/Acetaminophen, NCI Thesaurus)

Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis accounts for their analgesic, antipyretic, and platelet-inhibitory actions; other mechanisms may contribute to their anti-inflammatory effects.

(Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is a type of prostaglandin analog.

(Bimatoprost, NCI Dictionary)

Carcinoid tumors may spread to the liver or other sites in the body, and they may secrete substances such as serotonin or prostaglandins, causing carcinoid syndrome.

(Carcinoid, NCI Dictionary)

Also called PGE1 and prostaglandin E1.

(Alprostadil, NCI Dictionary)