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IBUPROFEN

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IBUPROFEN (noun)
  The noun IBUPROFEN has 1 sense:

1. a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic

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


English dictionary: Word details


IBUPROFEN (noun)


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Meaning:

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Advil; ibuprofen; isobutylphenyl propionic acid; Motrin; Nuprin

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "ibuprofen"):

propanoic acid; propionic acid (a liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates)


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