nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

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nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
      n 1: an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids;
           "NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2
           enzymes" [syn: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory,
           nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, NSAID]