DIFLUNISAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diflunisal mean? 

• DIFLUNISAL (noun)
  The noun DIFLUNISAL has 1 sense:

1. nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions

  Familiarity information: DIFLUNISAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIFLUNISAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

diflunisal; Dolobid

Hypernyms ("diflunisal" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (substance of "diflunisal"):

2-hydroxybenzoic acid; salicylic acid (a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes)

 Context examples 

Diflunisal differs from other salicylates, in that it is not metabolized to salicylic acid, hence it has a longer half-life.

(Diflunisal, NCI Thesaurus)

Diflunisal competitively inhibits both cyclooxygenase (COX) -1 and -2, with higher affinity for COX-1, and subsequently blocks the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin precursors.

(Diflunisal, NCI Thesaurus)