Usually means: Potent synthetic corticosteroid, anti-inflammatory drug.
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  1. dexamethasone: Merriam-Webster
  2. dexamethasone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dexamethasone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dexamethasone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dexamethasone: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dexamethasone, dexamethasone: Wordnik
  7. dexamethasone: Wiktionary
  8. dexamethasone: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. dexamethasone: Dictionary.com
  10. Dexamethasone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. dexamethasone: Rhymezone
  12. dexamethasone: FreeDictionary.org
  13. dexamethasone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. dexamethasone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. dexamethasone: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Dexamethasone: Merck Manuals
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  7. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  8. dexamethasone: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  9. RxList The Internet Drug Index (No longer online)
  10. dexamethasone: Medical dictionary
  11. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See dexamethasones as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dexamethasone)

noun:  (pharmacology, biochemistry) A synthetic member of the glucocorticoid-class of steroid hormones, having the chemical formula C₂₂H₂₉FO₅, and used especially as an anti-inflammatory agent.

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