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pasireotide

pasireotide noun: an orphan drug used to treat Cushing's disease.

Noun

pasireotide (uncountable)

  1. An orphan drug used to treat Cushing's disease.

Origin of pasireotide

From [Term?] + -reotide (“somatostatin receptor agonist/antagonist”).

Questions about pasireotide

What does pasireotide mean?
Pasireotide means an orphan drug used to treat Cushing's disease.
What part of speech is pasireotide?
Pasireotide is a noun.

Words near pasireotide in the dictionary

  1. pasiphaeids
  2. Pasiphaë
  3. Pasiphaëan
  4. Pasir Mas
  5. Pasir Ris
  6. pasireotide
  7. Pasitelean
  8. Pasithea
  9. Pasithee
  10. pasitrote
  11. pasitrotes

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