PROPIONIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does propionic acid mean? 

• PROPIONIC ACID (noun)
  The noun PROPIONIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates

  Familiarity information: PROPIONIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPIONIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

propanoic acid; propionic acid

Hypernyms ("propionic acid" is a kind of...):

carboxylic acid (an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups)

Holonyms ("propionic acid" is a substance of...):

fenoprofen; fenoprofen calcium; Nalfon (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders)

Ansaid; flurbiprofen (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally)

Advil; ibuprofen; isobutylphenyl propionic acid; Motrin; Nuprin (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic)

ketoprofen; Orudis; Orudis KT; Oruvail (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail))

Naprosyn; naproxen (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain)

Aflaxen; Aleve; Anaprox; naproxen sodium (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation)

Daypro; oxaprozin (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro))

 Context examples 

A propionic acid derivative with analgesic, non-steroidal antiinflammatory and antirheumatic properties.

(Fenoprofen, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is non-spore forming, indole, catalase, urease, lipase, esculin and oxidase negative, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, but does reduce nitrate, produce large amounts of butyrate, and converts threonine to propionic acid.

(Fusobacterium ulcerans, NCI Thesaurus)

A recombinant human arginase I (liver arginase) covalently attached, via a succinamide propionic acid (SPA) linker, to a polyethylene glycol (PEG) of molecular weight 5,000 [rhArg-peg(5,000mw)] with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Pegylated Recombinant Human Arginase I BCT-100, NCI Thesaurus)

A propionic acid derivative and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic activities.

(Naproxen, NCI Thesaurus)

The calcium salt form of fenoprofen, a propionic acid derivative with analgesic, non-steroidal antiinflammatory and antirheumatic properties.

(Fenoprofen Calcium, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, this agent is capable of inhibiting rapid desensitization of the ionotropic alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors, thereby potentiating glutamate responses which may induce seizures activity.

(Cyclothiazide, NCI Thesaurus)

A derivative of propionic acid, and a phenylalkanoic acid derivative of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with analgesic, antiinflammatory and antipyretic effects.

(Flurbiprofen, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of flurbiprofen, a propionic acid derivative and a member of the phenylalkanoic acid group of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with analgesic, antiinflammatory and antipyretic effects.

(Flurbiprofen Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

The potassium salt form of oxaprozin and a member of the propionic acid group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties.

(Oxaprozin Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)

A propionic acid derivate and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic effects.

(Ibuprofen, NCI Thesaurus)