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From flu(oro)- + (hy)droxy + -cort- (“corticosteroid”) + -ide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From flu(oro)- + (hy)droxy + -cort- (“corticosteroid”) + -ide.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.