English

alclometasone

From al(pha-methyl) + chlo(ro)- + -metasone (“prednisone or prednisolone derivative”).

Formed from methyl + chloro- + -metasone ‘prednisone or prednisolone derivative’

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Methyl

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós

Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós ‘greenish-yellow, pale green’

Ancient Greek χλωρός ‘pale green’

Today it means

noun A synthetic glucocorticoid steroid used as an anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antiallergic, antiproliferative and vasoconstrictive agent.

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