PREDNISONE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • Deltasone (what does Deltasone mean?)
   • Liquid Pred (what does Liquid Pred mean?)
   • Meticorten (what does Meticorten mean?)
   • Orasone (what does Orasone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) prednisone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • glucocorticoid (what does glucocorticoid mean?)
   • anti-inflammatory (what does anti-inflammatory mean?)
   • anti-inflammatory drug (what does anti-inflammatory drug mean?)