Meanings
nounanti-inflammatory (plural anti-inflammatories)
plural anti-inflammatories · alternative antiinflammatory
- medicineAn agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation.
adjectiveanti-inflammatory (comparative more anti-inflammatory, superlative most anti-inflammatory)
comparative more anti-inflammatory · superlative most anti-inflammatory · alternative antiinflammatory
- medicinePreventing or counteracting inflammation.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna medicine intended to reduce inflammation
Similar
anti-inflammatory drug
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan antiinflamatori, antiinflamatori
- antiinflamatoriagent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- antiinflamatoripreventing or counteracting inflammation
Czech antiflogistikum, protizánětlivý
- antiflogistikumagent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- protizánětlivýpreventing or counteracting inflammation
Dutch ontstekingsremmer, ontstekingsremmend
- ontstekingsremmeragent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- ontstekingsremmendpreventing or counteracting inflammation
Finnish tulehduslääke, anti-inflammatorinen
- tulehduslääkeagent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- anti-inflammatorinenpreventing or counteracting inflammation
French anti-inflammatoire, anti-inflammatoire
- anti-inflammatoireagent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- anti-inflammatoirepreventing or counteracting inflammation
German Antiphlogistikum, antiinflammatorisch
- Antiphlogistikumagent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- antiinflammatorischpreventing or counteracting inflammation
Greek αντιφλογιστικός
- αντιφλογιστικός (antiflogistikós)preventing or counteracting inflammation
Hungarian gyulladáscsökkentő szer, gyulladáscsökkentő
- gyulladáscsökkentő szeragent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- gyulladáscsökkentőpreventing or counteracting inflammation
- gyulladásgátlópreventing or counteracting inflammation
Italian antinfiammatorio
- antinfiammatoriopreventing or counteracting inflammation
Māori (rongoā) patukakā, patukakā
- (rongoā) patukakāagent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- patukakāpreventing or counteracting inflammation
Polish przeciwzapalny
- przeciwzapalnypreventing or counteracting inflammation
Portuguese anti-inflamatório, anti-inflamatório
- anti-inflamatórioagent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- anti-inflamatóriopreventing or counteracting inflammation
Romanian antiinflamator
- antiinflamatoragent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
Russian противовоспалительное средство, противовоспалительный препарат
- противовоспалительное средство (protivovospalitelʹnoje sredstvo)agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- противовоспалительный препарат (protivovospalitelʹnyj preparat)agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- противовоспалительный (protivovospalitelʹnyj)preventing or counteracting inflammation
Spanish antiinflamatorio, antiinflamatorio
- antiinflamatorioagent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- antiinflamatoriopreventing or counteracting inflammation
Swedish antiinflammatorisk
- antiinflammatoriskpreventing or counteracting inflammation
Ukrainian протизапальне, протизапальний засіб
- протизапальне (protyzapalʹne)agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- протизапальний засіб (protyzapalʹnyj zasib)agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation
- протизапальни́й (protyzapalʹnýj)preventing or counteracting inflammation
Cite this entry
APA
anti-inflammatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-inflammatory
MLA
“anti-inflammatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-inflammatory. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-inflammatory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-inflammatory.
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