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anti-inflammatory
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an·ti-in·flam·ma·to·ry or an·ti·in·flam·ma·to·ry (nt-n-flm-tôr, nt-)
adj.
Reducing inflammation by acting on body mechanisms.
anti-in·flamma·tory n.
Anti-inflammatory
Medicine used to relieve swelling, pain, and other symptoms of inflammation.
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anti-inflammatory
1. counteracting or suppressing inflammation.
2. an agent that so acts.
anti-inflammatory drugs
those used to reduce the inflammatory response to infectious agents, trauma, surgical procedures or in musculoskeletal disease.
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
see nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
anti-inflammatory
adjective Referring to an agent or mechanism that ↓ inflammation noun An agent–ice, aspirin, ibuprofen–that attenuates inflammation. See Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs.


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