See Also: endolimax(medicine)

prednisone (iou) and endolimax (medicine)


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.

endolimax (medicine)


endolimax


A genus of ameboid protozoa found in the intestines of vertebrates and invertebrates.