Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun orasone

1 sense of orasone

Sense 1
prednisone, Orasone, Deltasone, Liquid Pred, Meticorten -- (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)
       => glucocorticoid -- (a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity)
       => anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug -- (a medicine intended to reduce inflammation)