Meanings
nounmetasone (plural metasones)
plural metasones
- medicineA 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, →DOISynonyms: methasone
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nounA glucocorticosteroid used topically to reduce inflammation
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