methylprednisolone

UK/ˌmiː.θʌɪl.pɹɛdˈnɪs.ə.ləʊn/US/ˌmɛθ.əl.pɹɛdˈnɪs.əˌloʊn/

noun

A synthetic glucocorticoid, C₂₂H₃₀O₅, used chiefly in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.

OriginEnglish prednisolone ← German Methy ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) →
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Meanings

nounmethylprednisolone (countable and uncountable, plural methylprednisolones)

plural methylprednisolones

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryA synthetic glucocorticoid, C₂₂H₃₀O₅, used chiefly in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.

    The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine, as well as burn center protocol care with daily tankings.

    1993, Virginia Medical Quarterly, volumes 120–121, page 44

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  2. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  3. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  6. GermanMethy
  7. Englishmethyl
  8. Englishmethyl-
  9. Englishprednisolone
  10. Englishmethylprednisolone

From methyl- + prednisolone.

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