See Also: prednisone(medicine)
Prednisone(health)
prednisone(dictionary)
Prednisone intensol(health)

prednisone (iou)



prednisone noun. M20.
[Prob. arbitrarily from PRE(GNANE + D(IE)N(E + CORT)ISONE.]
Pharmacology. A synthetic steroid, resembling cortisone but possessing greater glucocorticoid activity, which is used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to depress immune responses, esp. in the treatment of autoimmune diseases.