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Dexamethasone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A synthetic glucocorticoid used primarily in the treatment of inflammatory disorders.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A synthetic member of the glucocorticoid class of steroid hormones, having the chemical formula C22H29FO5, or a derivative thereof

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a corticosteroid drug used to treat allergies or inflammation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation

Word Usage

"Using a polymer-based nanocarrier, a type of drug-delivery tool, researchers identified the site of the inflammation with a fluorescent marker and then delivered an anti-inflammatory drug called dexamethasone to the site."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

adrenal cortical steroid anti-inflammatory drug anti-inflammatory corticoid corticosteroid

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