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-olone

UK/ə.ləʊn/US/əˌloʊn/

-olone suffix: used to form names of steroids or steroidlike drugs that are not prednisolone derivatives.

Suffix

-olone

  1. Used to form names of steroids or steroidlike drugs that are not prednisolone derivatives.

Origin of -olone

From prednisolone.

Questions about -olone

What does -olone mean?
-olone means used to form names of steroids or steroidlike drugs that are not prednisolone derivatives.
What part of speech is -olone?
-olone is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -olone?
-olone is pronounced /ə.ləʊn/ (UK).

Words near -olone in the dictionary

  1. -olidine
  2. -oline
  3. -ologist
  4. -ology
  5. -olol
  6. -olone
  7. -oma
  8. -omas
  9. -omata
  10. -omatosis
  11. -omatous

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