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Definition: Indomethacin |
IndomethacinNoun1. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) that inhibits the enzyme cyclooxygenase necessary for the formation of prostaglandins and other autacoids. It also inhibits the motility of polymorphonuclear leukocytes. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: IndomethacinSynonym: Indocin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Indomethacin |
| Specialty definitions using "indomethacin": Tolmetin. (references) |
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Health | Desmopressin will not work for this form of DI. Instead, you may be given a drug called hydrochlorothiazide (also called HCTZ) or indomethacin. (references) | |
This may be mediated through cyclo-oxygenase and lipoxygenase products of arachidonic acid. Generation of the prostaglandins associated with UVB erythema produced within the first 6 to 12 hours can be blocked by topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents such as indomethacin. (references) | ||
Epidemiologic evidence strongly suggests that persons who take anti-inflammatory agents that inhibit prostaglandin synthesis, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including ibuprofen and indomethacin, have a decreased risk of AD. These drugs inhibit COX, a type of enzyme that plays a major role in the series of events leading to the production of prostaglandins. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Indomethacin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.75% of the time. "Indomethacin" is used about 160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.75% | 158 | 24,965 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 160 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "indomethacin": Indomethacin SR. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "indomethacin": indomethacin-induced. | |
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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 |
indomethacin | 334 |
indomethacin side effects | 9 |
apo indomethacin | 4 |
indomethacin gout | 3 |
indomethacin drug | 3 |
indomethacin medicine | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "indomethacin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 消炎痛. (various references) | ||||
French | indométacine. (various references) | ||||
German | Indomethacin. (various references) | ||||
Italian | indometacina. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | indomethacinay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "indomethacin": indomethacins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-h-i-i-m-n-n-o-t" | |
-2 letters: antimonide, decimation, medication. | |
-3 letters: anhedonic, anthemion, antinomic, condiment, contained, dominance, hematinic, incondite, mediation, mendicant, nominated. | |
-4 letters: actinide, actinoid, amnionic, amniotic, anointed, antinode, cantoned, catenoid, chainmen, coinmate, comedian, conidian, ctenidia, daemonic, daimonic, demoniac, demonian, diatomic, diatonic, dominant, dominate, echinoid, ethician, hematoid, himation, homicide, hominian, hominine, ideation, inaction, incanted, inchoate, incident, indamine, indicant, indicate, iodinate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-h-i-i-m-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: indomethacins. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 64 6F 6D 65 74 68 61 63 69 6E |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.. --- -- . - .... .- -.-. .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100100 01101111 01101101 01100101 01110100 01101000 01100001 01100011 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n d o m e t h a c i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0064 006F 006D 0065 0074 0068 0061 0063 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438070817971867467697580 |
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