piroxicam

[ pahy-rok-si-kam ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a white crystalline solid substance, C15H13N3O4S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.

Origin of piroxicam

1
By rearrangement and alteration of parts of its chemical name

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