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metasones

metasones is the plural of metasone.

Meaning of metasone

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

Questions about metasones

What is metasones the plural of?
Metasones is the plural of metasone.

Words near metasones in the dictionary

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

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