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piroxicam

[ pahy-rok-si-kam ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of piroxicam1

By rearrangement and alteration of parts of its chemical name

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