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WHO naming stem · anywhere in the name · 46 listed names

gest

steroids, progestogens

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

All 46 names WHO lists under gest

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. altrenogest
  2. anagestone
  3. cingestol
  4. clogestone
  5. clomegestone
  6. demegestone
  7. desogestrel
  8. dexnorgestrel
  9. dienogest
  10. dydrogesterone
  11. edogestrone
  12. etonogestrel
  13. flugestone
  14. gestaclone
  15. gestadienol
  16. gestodene
  17. gestonorone caproate
  18. gestrinone
  19. haloprogesterone
  20. hydroxyprogesterone
  21. hydroxyprogesterone caproate
  22. levonorgestrel
  23. medrogestone
  24. medroxyprogesterone
  25. megestrol
  26. melengestrol
  27. metogest
  28. nomegestrol
  29. norelgestromin
  30. norgesterone
  31. norgestimate
  32. norgestomet
  33. norgestrel
  34. norgestrienone
  35. oxogestone
  36. pentagestrone
  37. progesterone
  38. proligestone
  39. promegestone
  40. quingestanol
  41. quingestrone
  42. segesterone
  43. tigestol
  44. tosagestin
  45. trengestone
  46. trimegestone

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metogest

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem gest

  • gestend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: steroids, progestogens

“metogest” is an INN that WHO lists under gest in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of gest (Part II B) and the 46 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.