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WHO naming stem · suffix · 32 listed names

-mer

polymers

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -mer 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 -mer. So the letters mer sit at the end of the name (…mer).

All 32 names WHO lists under -mer

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. amilomer
  2. azoximer bromide
  3. berdazimer sodium
  4. bixalomer
  5. bofelisimer
  6. cadexomer
  7. carbetimer
  8. carbomer
  9. crilanomer
  10. daniluromer
  11. davamotecan pegadexamer
  12. demplatin pegralumer
  13. dextranomer
  14. eldexomer
  15. exatecan alideximer
  16. firtecan peglumer
  17. hemoglobin glutamer
  18. hemoglobin raffimer
  19. leuciglumer
  20. maletamer
  21. ompinamer
  22. patiromer calcium
  23. pegfosimer manganese
  24. poloxamer
  25. porfimer sodium
  26. sevelamer
  27. surfomer
  28. talinexomer
  29. tolevamer
  30. veverimer
  31. vimdemer
  32. zinostatin stimalamer

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Decoded

amilomer

Listed INNCarries 2 WHO stems, most specific first: -mer …

  • -merend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: polymers
  • mer-/-merend of the nameWHO definition: mercury-containing drugs, antimicrobial or diuretic (deleted from General Principles in List 28 prop. INN)

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -mer (Part II B) and the 32 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.