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It's what is called an NSAID (non-steroidal antiimflammatory drug) designed specifically for reducing inflammation in diseases such as arthritis and many more....take with caution...try not to mix with alcohol...can definitely tear up your stomach, liver, etc....pretty much your whole digestive tract if you take without food and/or with alcohol....sooner or later your system is going to scream HELP!!!!!....read the cautions and side effects carefully!....(:
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by shortening and rearrangement of methoxy-, naphthyl-, and propionic, components of one of its chemical names
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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a printed punctuation mark (?), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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na·prox·en definition
Pronunciation: /n?-?präk-s ? n/
Function: n
: an anti-inflammatory analgesic antipyretic drug C 14 H 14 O 3 administered especially to treat arthritis often in the form of its sodium salt C 14 H 13 NaO 3 see ALEVE NAPROSYN
naproxen na·prox·en (n?-pr?k's?n)
n.
A drug used to reduce inflammation and pain, especially in the treatment of arthritis.
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by shortening and rearrangement of methoxy-, naphthyl-, and propionic, components of one of its chemical names
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<input id="rcor" type="radio" name="fcro" />
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
<input id="rincor" type="radio" name="fcro" />
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
<input id="rincor1" type="radio" name="fcro" />
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
<input id="rcor1" type="radio" name="fcro" />
a printed punctuation mark (?), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
<input id="rcor2" type="radio" name="fcro" />
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
<input id="rincor2" type="radio" name="fcro" />
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2011.
Cite This Source
na·prox·en definition
Pronunciation: /n?-?präk-s ? n/
Function: n
: an anti-inflammatory analgesic antipyretic drug C 14 H 14 O 3 administered especially to treat arthritis often in the form of its sodium salt C 14 H 13 NaO 3 see ALEVE NAPROSYN
naproxen na·prox·en (n?-pr?k's?n)
n.
A drug used to reduce inflammation and pain, especially in the treatment of arthritis.
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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