SULINDAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sulindac mean? 

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

1. a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SULINDAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Clinoril; sulindac

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "sulindac"):

ketone (any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals)

 Context examples 

An inactive metabolite of the nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory agent sulindac.

(Exisulind, NCI Thesaurus)

Approximately, one half of an administered dose of sulindac is eliminated through the urine, mostly as the conjugated sulfone metabolite.

(Exisulind, NCI Thesaurus)

After oral administration, sulindac undergoes extensive biotransformation including irreversible oxidation to sulindac sulfone.

(Exisulind, NCI Thesaurus)