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Word entry · 9 letters

ibuprofen

Best crossword clue

"Pain medicine"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˌʌɪ.bjuːˈpɹəʊ.fən/Part of speech nounSorted befinopruStarts with IEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A common medicine used to reduce pain, fever, and inflammation.

Word origin

From i(so)bu(tyl) + pro(pionic acid) + phen(yl).

Used in a sentence

  • By this time, Greg says, he was seeing triple and had a bad headache and Nate was seriously exhausted. Everyone was ibuprofened to the max. We reached the summit at 12:45 p.m., with Greg and Nate suffering the most.
  • He remains behind in the nurse's office to bring down his blood pressure after you've been ice-packed, ibuprofened, and shuffled along to the assistant principal, where you sit alone for twenty minutes, […]

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