PREDNISONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prednisone mean? 

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

1. a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREDNISONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Deltasone; Liquid Pred; Meticorten; Orasone; prednisone

Hypernyms ("prednisone" 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 regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin hydrochloride (doxorubicin hydrochloride), vincristine and prednisone used to treat both indolent and aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

(CHOP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride (hydroxydaunorubicin), vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), and prednisone.

(CHOP, NCI Dictionary)

It includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate, and prednisone.

(CVP, NCI Dictionary)

Also called chlorambucil-prednisone, CP, and CP regimen.

(Chlorambucil-prednisone regimen, NCI Dictionary)

A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone and procarbazine (COPP) alternating with doxorubicin, bleomycin and vinblastine (ABV), used in combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of low-risk, childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(COPP-ABV regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of mitoxantrone and prednisone used to treat metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

(MP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A derivative of the original MOPP regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone used as an initial treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(COPP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, mitoxantrone, vincristine and prednisone used to treat both indolent and aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(CNOP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone, and etoposide used to treat both indolent and aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(CHOPE regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

The regimen contains mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone (MOPP) and doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine (ABV).

(MOPP/ABV Hybrid Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)