antiinflammatory agent

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• nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agent — see under drug …   Medical dictionary

• antiinflammatory — Reducing inflammation by acting on body responses, without directly antagonizing the causative agent; denoting agents such as glucocorticoids and aspirin. * * * an·ti·in·flam·ma·to·ry (an″te in flamґə tor″e) 1. counteracting or… …   Medical dictionary

• nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug — (NSAID) any of a large, chemically heterogeneous group of drugs that inhibit cyclooxygenase activity, resulting in decreased synthesis of prostaglandin and thromboxane precursors from arachidonic acid. All NSAIDs have analgesic, antipyretic, and… …   Medical dictionary

• dimethyl sulfoxide — Me2SO; a penetrating solvent, enhancing absorption of therapeutic agents from the skin; an industrial solvent that has been proposed as an effective analgesic and anti inflammatory agent in arthritis and bursitis. * * * dimethyl sulfoxide n an …   Medical dictionary

• hydrocortisone — A reduction product (at C 11) of cortisone; a steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex (the active hormone secreted in the greatest quantity by the adrenals) and the most potent of the naturally occurring glucocorticoids in humans; an… …   Medical dictionary

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• C21H28O5 — cortisone cortisone n. (Chem.) a corticosteroid hormone ({C21H28O5}) produced by the adrenal cortex. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• C21H30O5 — cortisol cortisol n. a steroid hormone ({C21H30O5}) active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism; called also {hydrocortisone}. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent Syn: hydrocortisone. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cortisol — n. a steroid hormone ({C21H30O5}) active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism; called also {hydrocortisone}. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent Syn: hydrocortisone. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cortisone — n. (Chem.) a corticosteroid hormone ({C21H28O5}) produced by the adrenal cortex. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English