anti-inflammatory

See also: antiinflammatory

English

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Etymology

From anti- +‎ inflammatory.

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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.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]

Translations

Adjective

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

  1. (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting inflammation.

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References

  1. ^ “(antiinflammatory*3),anti-inflammatory”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer, (Can we date this quote?)
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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