anti-inflammatory
See also: antiinflammatory
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
anti-inflammatory (plural anti-inflammatories)
- (pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation.
Usage notes edit
- anti-inflammatory is several times more common than antiinflammatory in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]
Translations edit
agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
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Adjective edit
anti-inflammatory (comparative more anti-inflammatory, superlative most anti-inflammatory)
- (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting inflammation.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
preventing or counteracting inflammation
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References edit
- ^ (antiinflammatory*3),anti-inflammatory at Google Ngram Viewer
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov