CEFR C1

antiinflammatory

noun

Meaning

antiinflammatory means an agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses antiinflammatory to mean an agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation.
The teacher asked students to find antiinflammatory in the reading.

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antiinflammatory (C1)

noun

Definition

Examples

The article uses antiinflammatory to mean an agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation.
The teacher asked students to find antiinflammatory in the reading.

How to Use antiinflammatory

a/the antiinflammatory (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a antiinflammatory."
antiinflammatory in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked antiinflammatory in context before translating it."

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