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-terone

UK/tə.ɹəʊn/US/təˌɹoʊn/

-terone suffix: used to form names of antiandrogens.

Suffix

-terone

  1. Used to form names of antiandrogens.

Origin of -terone

From cyproterone.

Questions about -terone

What does -terone mean?
-terone means used to form names of antiandrogens.
What part of speech is -terone?
-terone is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -terone?
-terone is pronounced /tə.ɹəʊn/ (UK).

Words near -terone in the dictionary

  1. -tene
  2. -tepine
  3. -teplase
  4. -terenol
  5. -terol
  6. -terone
  7. -th
  8. -thelium
  9. -therm
  10. -thermal
  11. -thermic

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