beclomethasone

[bek-loh-meth-uh-sohn, -zohn]

noun Pharmacology.

a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C₂₈H₃₇ClO₇, prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.

Origin:
1970–75; perhaps be(ta-) + c(h)lo(ro-) + meth(yl) + -as- (< ?) + -one

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given to using long words.

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

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