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metasone

metasone noun: a glucocorticosteroid used topically to reduce inflammation.

Noun

metasone (plural metasones)

  1. A glucocorticosteroid used topically to reduce inflammation
    • For example, although - methasone is the recommended stem, recently designated INNs have used the stem - metasone (e.g. dexa methasone in 1962, beta methasone in 1965, beclo metasone in 1970 and alclo metasone in 1979).2015 December 24, “Patient Safety in Medication Nomenclature: Orthographic and Semantic Properties of International Nonproprietary Names”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    methasone

Synonyms of metasone

Forms of metasone

pluralmetasones

Words formed from metasone

Questions about metasone

What does metasone mean?
Metasone means a glucocorticosteroid used topically to reduce inflammation.
What part of speech is metasone?
Metasone is a noun.
What is the plural of metasone?
The plural of metasone is metasones.

Words near metasone in the dictionary

  1. metasomatizes
  2. metasomatizing
  3. metasomatosis
  4. metasome
  5. metasomes
  6. metasone
  7. metasones
  8. metasong
  9. metasongs
  10. metaspace
  11. metaspaces

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