nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

noun

Any anti-inflammatory drug, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, that does not contain steroids.

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Meanings

nounnonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (plural nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)

plural nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs · alternative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

  1. Any anti-inflammatory drug, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, that does not contain steroids.

    Synonyms: NSAID, for hyponyms and hypernyms, see Thesaurus:nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, NSAID

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny anti-inflammatory drug, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, that does not contain steroids.

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NSAIDfor hyponyms and hypernyms, see Thesaurus:nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugNSAID

More synonyms by meaning

nounan anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids

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nonsteroidal anti-inflammatoryNSAID
Broader
anti-inflammatoryanti-inflammatory drug

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan antiinflamatori no esteroidal
  • antiinflamatori no esteroidalgroup of drugs
Chinese Mandarin 非甾體抗炎藥 /非甾体抗炎药
  • 非甾體抗炎藥 /非甾体抗炎药 (fēizāitǐ kàngyányào)group of drugs
Czech nesteroidní antiflogistikum, nesteroidní protizánětlivý lék
  • nesteroidní antiflogistikumgroup of drugs
  • nesteroidní protizánětlivý lékgroup of drugs
Finnish tulehduskipulääke
  • tulehduskipulääkegroup of drugs
Italian farmaco antinfiammatorio non steroideo, FANS
  • farmaco antinfiammatorio non steroideogroup of drugs
  • FANSgroup of drugs
Russian нестероидный противовоспалительный препарат, нестероидное противовоспалительное средство
  • нестероидный противовоспалительный препарат (nesteroidnyj protivovospalitelʹnyj preparat)group of drugs
  • нестероидное противовоспалительное средство (nesteroidnoje protivovospalitelʹnoje sredstvo)group of drugs
Spanish antiinflamatorio no esteroideo, AINE
  • antiinflamatorio no esteroideogroup of drugs
  • AINEgroup of drugs
Welsh cyffur gwrthlid ansteroidol
  • cyffur gwrthlid ansteroidolgroup of drugs
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APA

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MLA

“nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsteroidal%20anti-inflammatory%20drug. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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