N40434100dexamethasoneSpoken.0Fiction.0Magazine.3Newspaper.0Academic.97dexamethasone
/ˌdeksəˈmeθəzəʊn/noun
mass noun
Medicine a synthetic drug of the corticosteroid type, used especially as an anti-inflammatory agent
【医】地塞米松, 氟美松。
词源
1950s: from
dexa- （blend of
DECA- and
HEXA-） +
meth（
yl） + -
a- + （
cortis）
one.