anti-inflammatory

See also: antiinflammatory

English

Alternative forms

• antiinflammatory

Etymology

anti- +‎ inflammatory

Noun

anti-inflammatory (plural anti-inflammatories)

1. (pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation.

Usage notes

• anti-inflammatory is several times more common than antiinflammatory in print. GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.

Translations

agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation

• Catalan: antiinflamatori m
• Czech: antiflogistikum n
• Dutch: ontstekingsremmer (nl) m
• Finnish: tulehduslääke
• French: anti-inflammatoire (fr) m
• German: Antiphlogistikum (de) n
• Hungarian: gyulladáscsökkentő szer
• Maori: rongoā patukakā
• Portuguese: anti-inflamatório (pt) m
• Romanian: antiinflamator (ro)
• Russian: противовоспалительное средство n (protivovospalitelʹnoje sredstvo), противовоспалительный препарат m (protivovospalitelʹnyj preparat)
• Spanish: antiinflamatorio m
• Ukrainian: протизапальне n (protyzapalʹne), протизапальний засіб m (protyzapalʹnyj zasib)

Adjective

anti-inflammatory (comparative more anti-inflammatory, superlative most anti-inflammatory)

1. (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting inflammation.

Derived terms

• non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
• nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

 

Translations

preventing or counteracting inflammation

• Belarusian: процізапале́нчы (procizapaljénčy), супрацьзапале́нчы (supracʹzapaljénčy)
• Catalan: antiinflamatori
• Czech: protizánětlivý m
• Dutch: ontstekingsremmend (nl)
• Finnish: anti-inflammatorinen
• French: anti-inflammatoire (fr)
• German: antiinflammatorisch (de)
• Greek: αντιφλογιστικός (el) (antiflogistikós)
• Hungarian: gyulladáscsökkentő (hu), gyulladásgátló (hu)
• Italian: antinfiammatorio (it)
• Maori: patukakā
• Polish: przeciwzapalny (pl)
• Portuguese: anti-inflamatório (pt)
• Russian: противовоспалительный (ru) (protivovospalitelʹnyj)
• Spanish: antiinflamatorio
• Swedish: antiinflammatorisk
• Ukrainian: протизапальни́й (protyzapalʹnýj)