prednisone
/ˈprednɪsəʊn/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a synthetic drug similar to cortisone, used to relieve rheumatic and allergic conditions and to treat leukaemia【医】强的松, 泼尼松。
词源
1950s: perhaps from pre（gnane） (a synthetic hydrocarbon)+d（ie）n（e）+（cort）isone.