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-motide

immunological agents for active immunization

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
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Where it sits in a name

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

All 30 names WHO lists under -motide

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. abecomotide
  2. adegramotide
  3. alicdamotide
  4. alrefimotide
  5. amilomotide
  6. asudemotide
  7. baloramotide
  8. disomotide
  9. ederimotide
  10. elpamotide
  11. etimumotide
  12. graunimotide
  13. imsamotide
  14. latromotide
  15. marlumotide
  16. nelatimotide
  17. onilcamotide
  18. ovemotide
  19. pradimotide
  20. quasomotide
  21. riletamotide
  22. sultimotide alfa
  23. tanurmotide
  24. tapderimotide
  25. tecemotide
  26. tertomotide
  27. tiplimotide
  28. trempamotide
  29. vorumotide
  30. zastumotide

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Decoded

ovemotide

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

  • -motideend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: immunological agents for active immunization
  • -tideend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: peptides and glycopeptides (for special groups of peptides see -actide, -pressin, -relin, -tocin)

“ovemotide” is an INN that WHO lists under -motide, -tide in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -motide (Part II B) and the 30 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.