DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diclofenac potassium mean? 

• DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM (noun)
  The noun DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM has 1 sense:

1. a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam)

  Familiarity information: DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cataflam; diclofenac potassium

Hypernyms ("diclofenac potassium" is a kind of...):

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; NSAID (an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids)

Meronyms (substance of "diclofenac potassium"):

acetic acid; ethanoic acid (a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals)

 Context examples 

Diclofenac potassium is a non-selective reversible and competitive inhibitor of cyclooxygenase (COX), subsequently blocking the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandin precursors.

(Diclofenac Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)