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Definition: Ibuprofen |
IbuprofenNoun1. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent with analgesic properties used in the therapy of rheumatism and arthritis. (references) |
Medicine | Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Ibuprofen is used mainly for the relief of headaches. It is also used to combat muscle aches, menstrual pain, aches from various illnesses (including the common cold and influenza), and post-surgical pains.
The chemical name of ibuprofen is isobutylphenyl propionic acid and its chemical formula is C13H18O2.
It was developed by the research arm of Boots the Chemists.
See also: steroids, inflammation, COX.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ibuprofen."
Synonym: IbuprofenSynonym: isobutylphenyl propionic acid (n). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Aspirin and ibuprofen are easy to obtain and may be a first line of defense against mild discomfort. (references) | |
Analgesic refers to the class of drugs that includes most painkillers, such as aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen. (references) | ||
Examples include naproxen (Aleve, Anaprox, Naprosen), ibuprofen (Advil, Bayer Select, Motrin, Nuprin), and piroxicam (Feldene). (references) | ||
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Expressions using "ibuprofen": Arthritis Foundation Ibuprofen ♦ Bayer Select Ibuprofen ♦ Hydrocodone and Ibuprofen ♦ Pseudoephedrine and Ibuprofen. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ibuprofen | 759 |
ibuprofen side effects | 53 |
ibuprofen overdose | 39 |
ibuprofen and pregnancy | 27 |
dog ibuprofen | 22 |
ibuprofen 800mg | 17 |
ibuprofen alcohol | 13 |
ibuprofen dosage | 12 |
generic ibuprofen | 11 |
allergy ibuprofen | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "ibuprofen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | ibuprofène. (various references) | |
Italian | ibuprofene. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ibuprofenay.(various references) | |
Russian | ибупрофен. (various references) | |
Spanish | ibuprofeno. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ibuprofen": ibuprofens. (additional references) | |
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"Ibuprofen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bioprobe, ibprofen, ibuproben, ibuprofin, ibuprofren, iburofen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ibuprofen" (pronounced ī'byuwprō"fun) |
| 3 | -f u n | acetaminophen, deafen, dolphin, endorphin, Griffon, hyphen, morphin, muffin, often, orphan, paraffin, siphon, soften, stiffen, syphon, tamoxifen, toughen. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-f-i-n-o-p-r-u" | |
-2 letters: bonfire, upborne. | |
-3 letters: bonier, bourne, burnie, inpour, orpine, ourebi, punier, purine, unripe, unrobe, upbore. | |
-4 letters: boner, borne, bourn, brief, brine, bruin, burin, fiber, fibre, finer, infer, inure, irone, opine, orpin, ourie, prion, probe, prone, prune, purin, rebop, repin, ripen, robin, rouen, unrip, urine. | |
-5 letters: bier, bine, bone, bore, born, bren, brie, brin, brio, burn, burp, ebon, euro, fern, fine, fino, fire, firn, foin, forb, fore, four, froe, info, inro, iron, neif, noir, nope, nori, open, pein, peon, peri, pfui, pier, pine, pion, pirn, pone, pore, porn, pouf, pour, prof, pure, puri, reif, rein, repo, rife, ripe, robe, rope, roue, roup, rube, ruin, rune, unbe, upon. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-f-i-n-o-p-r-u" | |
+1 letter: ibuprofens. | |
+3 letters: unprofitable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 62 75 70 72 6F 66 65 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -... ..- .--. .-. --- ..-. . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01100010 01110101 01110000 01110010 01101111 01100110 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I b u p r o f e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0062 0075 0070 0072 006F 0066 0065 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)436887828481727180 |
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