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What is the definition or description of: anti inflammatory drugs?
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Antiinflamatory Drug: These are medications that either prevent the normal inflamatory response of the body to a stimulus. These drugs can either reverse the inflamatory response or lessen or prevent it.
Answered 3/26/2013
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