Etymology

iloprost

I1L1O1P3R1O1S1T1

Today it means: A drug used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, scleroderma, Raynaud phenomenon and ischemia. Full definition →

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The story

From ilo- (of unknown origin) + -prost (“prostaglandin”).

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