inflammatory : Idioms & Phrases

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anti-inflammatory

  • noun a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
    anti-inflammatory.
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anti-inflammatory drug

  • noun a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
    anti-inflammatory.
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inflammatory bowel disease

  • noun inflammation of the colon
    colitis.
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Inflammatory crust

  • . (Med.) Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy.
Webster 1913

inflammatory disease

  • noun a disease characterized by inflammation
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Inflammatory fever

  • a variety of fever due to inflammation.
Webster 1913

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory

  • noun an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids
    NSAID; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory.
    • NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes
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nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

  • noun an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids
    NSAID; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory.
    • NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes
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pelvic inflammatory disease

  • noun inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge
    PID.
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pro-inflammatory

  • adjective satellite tending to cause inflammation
    proinflammatory.
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