nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory

1. 1.

   an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids

   “NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes”

   Synonymsnonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugNSAID

   Broaderanti-inflammatory

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Questions about nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory

What does nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory mean?

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory means "an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids".

What is another word for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory?

Close synonyms include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, NSAID. 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 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory a common word?

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.