betamethasone

[ bey-tuh-meth-uh-sohn or, especially British, bee- ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C22H29FO5, used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.

Origin of betamethasone

1
Perhaps beta + meth(yl) + -a- connective vowel + (hydrocorti)sone, components of the chemical name

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