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ibuprofen

Sayy-byoo-PROH-fuhnUS/ˌaɪ.bjuˈpɹoʊ.fən/UK/ˌʌɪ.bjuːˈpɹəʊ.fən/

Pluralibuprofens

Verbibuprofens, ibuprofening, ibuprofened

2 meanings of ibuprofen

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  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A common medicine that lowers pain, fever, and swelling.

    Like turning a dial down to lower pain and swelling in the body.

    She took some ibuprofen to ease her headache.

    The doctor said ibuprofen would help bring his fever down.

    SimilarAdvil, Nuprin

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  2. 2
    verbraretransitive or intransitive
    To give a person ibuprofen to ease pain or swelling.

    Should we ibuprofen her now to bring the fever down?

    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.
    2003, John Wilson, “Mt. Whitney in a day”Here, ibuprofened means given ibuprofen.
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Origin

The name comes from parts of its chemical names: iso-butyl, propionic acid, and phenyl.