Associations to the word «Prednisone»

Wiktionary

PREDNISONE, noun. (steroid drug) A synthetic corticosteroid used to treat a large number of conditions.

Dictionary definition

PREDNISONE, noun. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope