sulindac

American  

[suh-lin-dak] / səˈlɪn dæk /

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a yellow crystalline substance, C 2 0 H 1 7 FO 3 S, that is used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory in the treatment of certain rheumatic diseases.

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Etymology

Origin of sulindac

sul(finyl) + ind(ene) + ac(etic acid)

Example Sentences

Zell and his colleagues are investigating the preventive power of sulindac combined with eflornithine, a drug that inhibits the creation of polyamines.

From Nature • May 12, 2015

“Federal law required generic sulindac to have the same ingredients, the same warning and the same safety profile as the branded version,” attorney Jay P. Lefkowitz told the court.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2013

But the jury found the company liable “because sulindac didn’t have a different safety profile, meaning a different ingredient or a different warning.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2013

Johns Hopkins' Giardiello eventually showed that drugs like sulindac work by restoring the natural process of cell death in the colon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The scientists determined that the body breaks down sulindac into two components, but then got bogged down in a debate about which of these components to pursue.

From Time Magazine Archive