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Definition W4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Perception | the physical components of pain |
| Reaction | the psychologic component of pain |
| Antipyretic | ability to reduce a fever: affect the hypothalamus (controls the body temperature) |
| Anti-inflammatory | ability to reduce inflammation |
| Uricosuric | ability to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine |
| antiplatelet | ability to inhibit the aggregation (clumping) of platelets in the blood. |
| Analgesic. | ability to reduce or relieve pain |
| COX (cyclooxygenase ) | enzyme that converts arachidonic acid into prostaglandins (PGE) |
| PGE | Prostaglandins, is a chemical mediator that causes inflammation and sensitizes pain receptors, leading to pain |
| TNF-⍺ | cytokine that is released by cells during the inflammatory response in periodontal disease |