anti-inflammatory

1. 1.

   a medicine intended to reduce inflammation

   Synonymsanti-inflammatory drug

   Broadermedicine

   NarrowerCox-2 inhibitorhydroxychloroquinenonsteroidal anti-inflammatoryoxyphenbutazonephenylbutazoneprednisoloneprednisonedexamethasone

Questions about anti-inflammatory

What does anti-inflammatory mean?

anti-inflammatory means "a medicine intended to reduce inflammation".

How many syllables are in anti-inflammatory?

anti-inflammatory has 7 syllables: an-ti--in-flam-ma-to-ry. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for anti-inflammatory?

Close synonyms include anti-inflammatory drug. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anti-inflammatory a common word?

anti-inflammatory is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.