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Definition of Advil
1. Noun. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic. "Daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach"
Generic synonyms: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory, Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug, Nsaid
Terms within: Propanoic Acid, Propionic Acid
Language type: Trade Name, Trade Name, Trade Name
Lexicographical Neighbors of Advil
Literary usage of Advil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Secret War: The Office of Strategic Services in World War II edited by George C. Chalou (1995)
""You took two Advil the last time, too." Well, I hope we are getting "the right
stuff," but it will not be through this process or by way of recommendations ..."
2. Historical Notices of Scotish Affairs: Selected from the Manuscripts of Sir by David Laing (1848)
"... and advil'e," and fo is not nuda verba, but airt and part of ... armes, nor
ammunition, nor with advil'e how to ..."
3. Mentally Incontinent by Joe Peacock (2005)
"“She was unconscious, apparently from a reaction brought on from taking an entire
bottle of Advil.” Okay, yeah, you killed her. I KNEW IT! I KILLED HER! ..."
4. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"... 148 William becomes the Head of the English Opposition, 149 Mordaunt proposes
to William a Descent on England, 150 William rejects the Advil in England ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"Advil Female.—Length (skins), 189-212 (198); wing, 112-123 (116.8); tail,
35-38(36.5); exposed culmen, 16-17 (16.4); width of bill, 8-8.5 (8.1); ..."
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