Definition of "dexamethasone" [dexamethasone]

• A synthetic glucocorticoid used primarily in the treatment of inflammatory disorders. (noun)

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• "Using a polymer-based nanocarrier, a type of drug-delivery tool, researchers identified the site of the inflammation with a fluorescent marker and then delivered an anti-inflammatory drug called dexamethasone to the site."
• "In 2004, when Mrs. Morrison got pregnant again, her doctor mentioned a steroid called dexamethasone, or dex."
• "Conducting research with a drug called dexamethasone, New is studying its effects on the disease Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)."