Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A synthetic steroid, C21H28O5, similar to hydrocortisone and used in various compounds as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antiallergic drug.
Wiktionary
- n. pharmacology A synthetic glucocorticoid steroid, similar to hydrocortisone, used as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antiallergic drug.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions
Etymologies
- Blend of prednisone and -ol1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“For others, a low dose of steroids, such as prednisolone tablets, can help hugely.”
“Patients were included in the trial if they were taking oral steroids such as prednisolone for rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, asthma, or other chronic inflammatory disorders.”
“Generalized urticaria - if the patient has small, itchy lumps or lesions near where the bite occurred the doctor may prescribe an oral corticosteroid, such as prednisolone, or an oral antihistamine.”
“a corticosteroid such as prednisolone, in tablet form - these being the most potent form of anti-inflammatory medicine.”
“Prednisone/prednisolone (brand names: SOLU-MEDROL, PEDIAPRED, PRELONE), steroids are given once a day in the morning.”
“Researchers filled identical prescriptions for two common pediatric medications prednisolone (an anti-inflammatory steroid) and amoxicillin (an antibiotic) at 20 pharmacies in Colorado, Georgia and Tennessee.”
“I had my old rescue lab, Coffee, on prednisolone sp? for several years, and she came through with no problems.”
“A control group of 25 similar cases received prednisolone and vitamin E.”
“For severe reactions (pain along nerves, increasing tingling, numbness or weakness, eye irritation, or painful testicles) corticosteroids (prednisolone) may be needed.”
“However, for severe reactions that damage nerves, prednisolone is needed.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘prednisolone’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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