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alclometasone

alclometasone noun: a synthetic glucocorticoid steroid used as an anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antiallergic, antiproliferative and vasoconstrictive agent.

Noun

alclometasone (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic glucocorticoid steroid used as an anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antiallergic, antiproliferative and vasoconstrictive agent.

Origin of alclometasone

From al(pha-methyl) + chlo(ro)- + -metasone (“prednisone or prednisolone derivative”).

Questions about alclometasone

What does alclometasone mean?
Alclometasone means a synthetic glucocorticoid steroid used as an anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antiallergic, antiproliferative and vasoconstrictive agent.
What part of speech is alclometasone?
Alclometasone is a noun.

Words near alclometasone in the dictionary

  1. Alcis
  2. Alcivar
  3. Alcivars
  4. ALCL
  5. alclofenac
  6. alclometasone
  7. ALCM
  8. Alcmaeonid
  9. Alcmaeonids
  10. Alcman
  11. Alcmanian

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