PIROXICAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does piroxicam mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIROXICAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Feldene; piroxicam

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

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

 Context examples 

As a second, independent effect, piroxicam inhibits the activation of neutrophils thereby contributing to its overall anti-inflammatory effects.

(Piroxicam, NCI Thesaurus)

As a non-selective, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), piroxicam binds and chelates both isoforms of cyclooxygenases (COX1 and COX2), thereby stalling phospholipase A2 activity and conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandin precursors at the rate limiting cyclooxygenase enzyme step.

(Piroxicam, NCI Thesaurus)