-olone

English

Etymology

From prednisolone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ə.ləʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌloʊn/

Suffix

-olone

1. (pharmacology) Used to form names of steroids or steroidlike drugs that are not prednisolone derivatives.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -olone

alfadolone

amafolone

androstanolone

bardoxolone

carbenoxolone

cicloxolone

cinoxolone

clocortolone

colestolone

deloxolone

diflucortolone

drostanolone

eltanolone

enoxolone

fluclorolone

fluocinolone

fluocortolone

fluorometholone

fluperolone

ganaxolone

mestanolone

mesterolone

minaxolone

nandrolone

norethandrolone

omaveloxolone

oxandrolone

oxendolone

oxymetholone

prednisolone

renanolone

rimexolone

trestolone

triamcinolone

Related terms

• pred-, -pred-

Anagrams

• oleon