prednisone
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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
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- anti-inflammatory hypernym
- glucocorticoid hypernym
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- brand domain usage
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | brand |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | anti-inflammatory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | glucocorticoid |