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Chapter 5 Terms&Def
Chapter 5 Nonopioid Analgesics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perception | The physical components of pain |
| Reaction | The psychologic component of pain |
| Antipyretic | Ability to reduce fever: effect of the hypothalamus |
| Anti-inflammatory | Ability to reduce inflammation |
| Uricosuric | Ability to increase the excretion of uric acid in urine |
| Antiplatelet | Ability to inhibit the aggregation (clumping) of platelets in the blood |
| PGE | Prostaglandins, which are lipids produced by cells during inflammation and can sensitive the pain receptors |
| TNF-⍺ | Is a cytokine that is released by cells during the inflammatory response in periodontal disease |