Definition of "celecoxib" []

• A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute pain, painful menstruation and menstrual symptoms, and to reduce numbers of colon and rectum polyps in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. (noun)

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• "Celebrex, also known as celecoxib, is the only coxib currently on the market."
• "On March 11, 2009, Scott S. Reuben, former chief of acute pain at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass., revealed that data for 21 studies he had authored for the efficacy of the drug along with others such as celecoxib had been fabricated in order to augment the analgesic effects of thedrugs."
• "Some nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as celecoxib (Celebrex)"