metasone

metasone (plural metasones)

1. (medicine) A glucocorticosteroid used topically to reduce inflammation
   • 2015 December 24, “Patient Safety in Medication Nomenclature: Orthographic and Semantic Properties of International Nonproprietary Names”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     For example, although - methasone is the recommended stem, recently designated INNs have used the stem - metasone (e.g. dexa methasone in 1962, beta methasone in 1965, beclo metasone in 1970 and alclo metasone in 1979).

• methasone

• eenamost, eta meson