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Definition of Orasone
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Anti-inflammatory, Anti-inflammatory Drug, Glucocorticoid
Language type: Trade Name, Trade Name, Trade Name, Trade Name
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orasone
Literary usage of Orasone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston: His Lineage, Life, and Times, with a by Mark Napier (1834)
"... at what time one of his colledge called Mr Homere Blair hath made orasone
invective against St Leonard's Colledge," &c. ..."
2. Naval Yarns: Letters and Anecdotes; Comprising Accounts of Sea Fights and by William Henry Long (1899)
"... we came forward with a Frenchman, who was bound to a place called orasone,
about 30 leagues from Gallery, . where, after two days, we left his company, ..."
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