Nuprin

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noun

Brand name for ibuprofen.

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Meanings

nounNuprin (countable and uncountable, plural Nuprins or Nuprin)

plural Nuprins

  1. countableuncountablemedicineBrand name for ibuprofen.
    1 more example

    […]I'm experiencing a major-league anxiety attack, searching my pockets for Valium, Xanax, a leftover Halcion, anything, and all I find are three faded Nuprin in a Gucci pill-box, so I pop all three into my mouth and swallow them down with a Diet Pepsi and I couldn’t tell you where it came from if my life depended on it.

    1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 148

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic

Similar
ibuprofenisobutylphenyl propionic acidAdvilMotrin
Broader
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatorynonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugNSAID
Also see
advilibuprofenisobutylphenyl propionic acidmotrin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Marketing name.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

prunin
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APA

Nuprin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nuprin

MLA

“Nuprin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nuprin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nuprin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nuprin.

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