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NABUMETONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nabumetone mean? 

NABUMETONE (noun)
  The noun NABUMETONE has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NABUMETONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

nabumetone; Relafen

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "nabumetone"):

ketone (any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals)


 Context examples 


The resulting decrease in prostaglandin synthesis is responsible for the therapeutic effects of nabumetone.

(Nabumetone, NCI Thesaurus)

Nabumetone is a prodrug that upon hepatic catalysis converts into the active moiety 6-methoxy-2-naphthylacetic acid (6MNA). 6MNA inhibits the activity of the enzymes cyclo-oxygenase I and II, resulting in decreased formation of precursors of prostaglandins and thromboxanes.

(Nabumetone, NCI Thesaurus)



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