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beclomethasone

American

[bek-loh-meth-uh-sohn, -zohn] / ˌbɛk loʊˈmɛθ əˌsoʊn, -ˌzoʊn /

noun

Pharmacology.

a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.

Etymology

Origin of beclomethasone

1970–75; perhaps be(ta-) + c(h)lo(ro-) ² + meth(yl) + -as- (< ?) + -one

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Other drugs helpful to allergy sufferers are cromolyn sodium, which in nasal-spray and eye-drop forms suppresses the release of histamine, and beclomethasone, triamcinolone and flunisolide, cortisone-based preparations that some doctors find to be even better inflammation fighters.

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