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fluorometholone

fluorometholone noun: a corticosteroid, most often used after laser-based refractive surgery.

Noun

fluorometholone (uncountable)

  1. A corticosteroid, most often used after laser-based refractive surgery.

Origin of fluorometholone

From fluoro- + meth- + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”).

Questions about fluorometholone

What does fluorometholone mean?
Fluorometholone means a corticosteroid, most often used after laser-based refractive surgery.
What part of speech is fluorometholone?
Fluorometholone is a noun.

Words near fluorometholone in the dictionary

  1. fluorometallate
  2. fluorometer
  3. fluorometers
  4. fluoromethane
  5. fluoromethanes
  6. fluorometholone
  7. fluoromethyl
  8. fluorometric
  9. fluorometrical
  10. fluorometrically
  11. fluorometries

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