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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats