PREDNISOLONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prednisolone mean? 

• PREDNISOLONE (noun)
  The noun PREDNISOLONE has 1 sense:

1. a glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions

  Familiarity information: PREDNISOLONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREDNISOLONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Pediapred; prednisolone; Prelone

Hypernyms ("prednisolone" is a kind of...):

anti-inflammatory; anti-inflammatory drug (a medicine intended to reduce inflammation)

glucocorticoid (a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity)

 Context examples 

A chemotherapy combination consisting of bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, prednisolone, and vindesine.

(Bleomycin/Cyclophosphamide/Doxorubicin/Prednisolone/Vindesine, NCI Thesaurus)

A first-generation combination chemotherapy comprised of the drugs cyclophosphamide (C), hydroxydaunomycin (H), vincristine (O), and prednisone or its active metabolite prednisolone (P).

(CHOP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Methylprednisolone sodium succinate is converted into active prednisolone in the body, which activates glucocorticoid receptor mediated gene expression.

(Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate, NCI Thesaurus)

The etabonate salt form of loteprednol, an ophthalmic analog of the corticosteroid prednisolone with anti-inflammatory activity.

(Loteprednol Etabonate, NCI Thesaurus)

Methylprednisolone acetate is converted into active prednisolone in the body, which activates glucocorticoid receptor mediated gene expression.

(Methylprednisolone Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)