anti-inflammatory

/æntaɪɪnˈflæmətɔri/

/æntaɪɪnˈflæmətɔri/

An anti-inflammatory is an anti-inflammatory drug: a type of medicine that treats swelling and redness.

Inflammation originally meant to be consumed by flames, and these days it usually means a type of soreness somewhere on your body that is red, feels hot, and and swells up. The anti prefix tells you that this word goes against the root, and anti-inflammatories are drugs that treat or fight against inflammation. If you have a red, swollen ankle, an anti-inflammatory might help.

Definitions of anti-inflammatory

1. noun

   a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
   synonyms: anti-inflammatory drug

   types:

   Cox-2 inhibitor

   an anti-inflammatory drug that fights pain and blocks Cox-2 activity without impeding the activity of Cox-1; increases the risk of heart attacks

   Plaquenil, hydroxychloroquine

   anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus

   NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

   an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids

   Tandearil, oxyphenbutazone

   an anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis

   Butazolidin, bute, phenylbutazone

   anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin)

   Pediapred, Prelone, prednisolone

   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 Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon, dexamethasone

   a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation

   Celebrex, celecoxib

   a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract

   Cataflam, diclofenac potassium

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam)

   Voltaren, diclofenac sodium

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Voltaren) that is administered only orally

   Dolobid, diflunisal

   nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions

   Lodine, etodolac

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine)

   Nalfon, fenoprofen, fenoprofen calcium

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders

   Ansaid, flurbiprofen

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally

   Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, ibuprofen, isobutylphenyl propionic acid

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

   Indocin, indomethacin

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin)

   Orudis, Orudis KT, Oruvail, ketoprofen

   nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)

   Torodal, ketorolac

   nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Torodal) that is given only orally

   Acular, Toradol, ketorolac tromethamine

   nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly

   Meclomen, meclofenamate, meclofenamate sodium

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis

   Ponstel, mefenamic acid

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug (trade name Ponstel) used to treat mild pain (especially menstrual cramps)

   Relafen, nabumetone

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen)

   Naprosyn, naproxen

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain

   Aflaxen, Aleve, Anaprox, naproxen sodium

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation

   Daypro, oxaprozin

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro)

   Feldene, piroxicam

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions

   Vioxx, rofecoxib

   a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract; voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 2004

   Clinoril, sulindac

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril)

   Tolectin, tolmetin sodium

   a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tolectin)

   Bextra, valdecoxib

   a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract

   salicylate

   a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs)

   type of:

   medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

   (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease