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-meran

messenger RNA (mRNA)

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

All 23 names WHO lists under -meran

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. abdavomeran
  2. acavameran
  3. autogene cevumeran
  4. davesomeran
  5. elasomeran
  6. enomimeran
  7. famtozinameran
  8. ganulameran
  9. gindameran
  10. imelasomeran
  11. nadorameran
  12. ontasameran
  13. pidacmeran
  14. pomulmeran
  15. riltozinameran
  16. secelasomeran
  17. tozinameran
  18. ufrenmeran
  19. vibosameran
  20. zapomeran
  21. zeldesmeran
  22. ziclumeran
  23. zorecimeran

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Decoded

zapomeran

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -meran

  • -meranend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: messenger RNA (mRNA)

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -meran (Part II B) and the 23 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.