anti-inflammatory
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anti-inflammatory
1. counteracting or suppressing inflammation.
2. an agent that so acts.
- a. drugs — those used to reduce the inflammatory response to infectious agents, trauma, surgical procedures or in musculoskeletal disease.
- nonsteroidal a. drug — see nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
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