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-cept

receptor molecules or membrane ligands, native, modified or synthetic

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -cept as a part of a name. It has nothing on uses, doses, side effects or interactions of any medicine that carries it, and nothing here is medical advice. Ask a pharmacist or doctor about the medicine itself.

Where it sits in a name

WHO writes the stem as -cept. So the letters cept sit at the end of the name (…cept).

All 40 names WHO lists under -cept

These are the INN in group (a) of Part IV of the stem book: names in which WHO says the stem is used as defined. The stem is marked where WHO places it. A-Z as WHO lists them.

  1. abatacept
  2. acazicolcept
  3. aflibercept
  4. alefacept
  5. alvircept sudotox
  6. asunercept
  7. atacicept
  8. baminercept
  9. batiraxcept
  10. belatacept
  11. bifarcept
  12. briobacept
  13. conbercept
  14. dalantercept
  15. davoteticept
  16. elritercept
  17. etanercept
  18. evorpacept
  19. goflikicept
  20. inbakicept
  21. ipafricept
  22. lenercept
  23. luspatercept
  24. maplirpacept
  25. mirococept
  26. olamkicept
  27. onercept
  28. ontorpacept
  29. opinercept
  30. pegsunercept
  31. povetacicept
  32. ramatercept
  33. recifercept
  34. rilonacept
  35. sotatercept
  36. sozinibercept
  37. telitacicept
  38. timdarpacept
  39. tulinercept
  40. valziflocept

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Decoded

atacicept

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -cept

  • -ceptend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: receptor molecules or membrane ligands, native, modified or synthetic

“atacicept” is an INN that WHO lists under -cept in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -cept (Part II B) and the 40 names (Part IV, group (a)) are from Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024 (World Health Organization, Stem book 2024 (ISBN 978-92-4-009938-8); covers proposed INN Lists 1-129). Checked .

Adapted from: Use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances, 2024. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. This adaptation was not created by WHO; WHO is not responsible for its content or accuracy and does not endorse this site. The data file stems.json is shared under the same licence.