methylprednisone

[ meth-uhl-pred-nuh-sohn, ‐zohn ]

nounBiochemistry.

a synthetic glucocorticoid, C22H30O5, derived from prednisolone and used as an anti-inflammatory and in the treatment of various respiratory and autoimmune diseases.

Origin of methylprednisone

¹

First recorded in 1955–60; methyl + prednisone

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