ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG

Pronunciation (US):

 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)

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 blocks Cox-2 activity without impeding the activity of Cox-1)

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)