dex·a·meth·a·sone

[dek-suh-meth-uh-sohn, -zohn]
noun Pharmacology.
a crystalline, water-soluble steroid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in the treatment of certain allergic or inflammatory conditions, as rheumatoid arthritis, bronchial asthma, or dermatosis.

Origin:
1955–60; perhaps Dexa(myl) + meth(yl) + -a- (of unclear orig.) (corti)sone

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To dexamethasone
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

dexamethasone dex·a·meth·a·sone (děk'sə-měth'ə-sōn', -zōn')
n.
A synthetic glucocorticoid used primarily in the treatment of inflammatory disorders.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
00:10
Dexamethasone is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Corticosteroids, such as prednisone or dexamethasone, may also be used.
Related Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT