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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Orasone

Orange County
Orange Free State
Orange GGN
Orange Group
Orange Order
Orange River
Orange River Colony
Orangeism
Orangeman
Orangemen
Orangewoman
Orangewomen
Orangey
Orangies
Orasone (current term)
Orbeli effect
Orbignya
Orbignya cohune
Orbignya martiana
Orbignya phalerata
Orbignya spesiosa
Orbison
Orcadian
Orcadians
Orchestia
Orchestiidae
Orchidaceae
Orchidales
Orchis mascula

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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