anti-inflammatoryadj.n.
A. adj.
1. Med. That reduces inflammation; of or relating to the reduction of inflammation.non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, drug: see the first element.
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1736 C. Deering Acct. Improved Method treating Small-pocks 9 Wherefore I determined to make a general anti-inflammatory Method, my peculiar Study.
1791 W. Lewis Exper. Hist. Materia Medica (ed. 4) II. 415 The leaves have been supposed to be possessed of an anti-inflammatory power.
1830 Lancet 24 Apr. 118/2 This anti-inflammatory treatment is..the most efficacious of any we can in general adopt.
1884 Canad. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 12 393 By contracting the vaso-motor system..it [sc. Aconite] is directly anti-inflammatory.
1920 O. T. Osbourne & M. Fishbein Handbk. Therapy (ed. 6) 554 These remedies are especially useful..because of their soothing and anti-inflammatory action.
1951 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 22 Dec. 1631 Hydro-cortisone acetate had a constant anti-inflammatory effect on the rheumatoid arthritic joint.
2007 Independent 9 Nov. 26/4 If that does not work they are advised to offer a stronger painkiller such as the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac.
2. That tends to inhibit or reduce in intensity or impact; mollifying, moderating; (Econ.) = anti-inflationary adj.In quot. 1920, the author has adopted a system of simplified spelling.
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > appeasing or propitiatory
propitiatory1536
conciliatory1576
placatorya1640
conciliating1661
mollifying1713
disarminga1718
conciliative1819
anti-inflammatory1842
propitiative1853
propitial1863
placating1873
conciliant1882
placative1903
accommodational1907
1842 Morning Chron. 16 Nov. His language will be called inflammatory; but it is a safe prognostic that in the rural districts its anti-inflammatory spirit will appear in proportion as the wretched farm labourers come under its influence.
1920 G. S. White Think 303 Remedies that..ar [sic] soothing, cooling and anti-inflammatory..hav [sic] blue predominating.
1991 Jrnl. Money, Credit, & Banking (Nexis) 23 352 Such an accommodation..would monetize part of the debt and would probably reinforce the long-run anti-inflammatory effect of FR [= financial repression].
1997 Internat. Financial Law Rev. (Nexis) July (Banking Yearbk. 1997 Suppl.) 85 The Bank's anti-inflammatory commitment..succeeded in halting the deterioration of expectations and the depreciation of the lira.
2003 New Yorker 10 Mar. 95/3, I would like to think that ‘Irreversible’ is anti-inflammatory, but, having sat through it in an ordinary theatre, I fear I may be wrong.
B. n.
Med. An anti-inflammatory agent.
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1902 E. Miles Avenues to Health 139 Water from the blue lens..might be useful as a Nerve-quieter, as an astringent, as an antiseptic, as an ‘anti-inflammatory,’ as a gargle for sore throat.
1954 Brit. Pharmaceut. Codex 218 Cortisone acetate is used for replacement therapy and as an anti-inflammatory and occasionally as an anti-allergic and antifibroplastic agent.
1990 DVM Apr. 14 (advt.) Gentocin Topical Spray provides betamethasone valerate, the most potent anti-inflammatory in veterinary medicine.
2006 Zest Jan. 76/3 Chilli contains the anti-inflammatory capsaicin, and has also been shown to reduce blood cholesterol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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