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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

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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Yet an insurer may argue that the insured has to undergo carpal tunnel surgery instead of doctor-prescribed treatments of cortisone injections, night splints and anti-inflammatory medication.
Gagne, who was due to complete his anti-inflammatory medication regimen Sunday, hasn't pitched in six days and still can't throw without pain in his surgically repaired right elbow.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication, whether over-the-counter or prescribed, can help decrease the discomfort due to patellofemoral pain syndrome.
 
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