prednisolone

prednisolone
/pred nis"euh lohn'/, n. Pharm.
a synthetic glucocorticoid, C21H28O5, used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
[1950-55; alter. of PREDNISONE by insertion of -OL1]

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