different between synthetic vs prednisolone

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?nth?t'?k, IPA^(key): /s?n???t?k/

Adjective

synthetic (comparative more synthetic, superlative most synthetic)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

synthetic (plural synthetics)

1. A synthetic compound.

English

Etymology

From prednisone +? -ol.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??d?n?s.?.l??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??d?n?s.??lo?n/

Noun

prednisolone (countable and uncountable, plural prednisolones)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic glucocorticoid C₂₁H₂₈O₅ that is a dehydrogenated analog of cortisol and is used especially as an anti-inflammatory drug.

Derived terms

• pred-, -pred-
• -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”)

References

• “prednisolone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “prednisolone”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).