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cort

corticosteroids, except prednisolone derivatives

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about cort 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 cort, without hyphens, which means it can sit anywhere in a name. So the letters cort sit anywhere in the name (cort).

All 28 names WHO lists under cort

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. amebucort
  2. anecortave
  3. azacort
  4. benzodrocortisone
  5. butixocort
  6. cicortonide
  7. corticotropin
  8. corticotropin-zinc hydroxide
  9. cortisone
  10. cortisuzol
  11. cortivazol
  12. cortodoxone
  13. deflazacort
  14. desoxycortone
  15. fluazacort
  16. fludrocortisone
  17. fludroxycortide
  18. fluocortin
  19. formocortal
  20. hydrocortamate
  21. hydrocortisone
  22. hydrocortisone aceponate
  23. locicortolone dicibate
  24. naflocort
  25. nicocortonide
  26. nivacortol
  27. resocortol
  28. tixocortol

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Decoded

azacort

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem cort

  • cortend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: corticosteroids, except prednisolone derivatives

“azacort” is an INN that WHO lists under cort in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of cort (Part II B) and the 28 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.