Plural of anti-inflammatory; medicines or substances that reduce swelling, redness, and pain caused by inflammation in the body.
From anti- (against) + inflammatory (from Latin inflammare, to set on fire). The term emerged as medical science understood inflammation and developed drugs to counter it.
Aspirin and ibuprofen are antiinflammatories that work by blocking chemicals in your body that create inflammation—they're so effective because inflammation is actually your immune system overreacting, and these drugs dial down that overreaction.
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