different between synthetic vs oxandrolone

English

From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sunthetikós).

synthetic (comparative more synthetic, superlative most synthetic)

Of, or relating to synthesis.
(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
Artificial, not genuine.
(grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
(linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic).

synthetic (plural synthetics)

From oxa- +? andro(stan)olone.

oxandrolone (uncountable)

(pharmacology) A androgenic anabolic steroid C₁₉H₃₀O₃ administered orally especially to promote weight gain (as after extensive surgery or a chronic infection) and to relieve bone pain in osteoporosis.

“oxandrolone”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

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