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-onide

steroids for topical use, acetal derivatives

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

All 24 names WHO lists under -onide

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. acrocinonide
  2. amcinonide
  3. budesonide
  4. ciclesonide
  5. cicortonide
  6. ciprocinonide
  7. desonide
  8. dexbudesonide
  9. drocinonide
  10. fluclorolone acetonide
  11. flumoxonide
  12. fluocinolone acetonide
  13. fluocinonide
  14. fosimdesonide
  15. halcinonide
  16. itrocinonide
  17. nicocortonide
  18. procinonide
  19. rofleponide
  20. tralonide
  21. triamcinolone benetonide
  22. triamcinolone furetonide
  23. triamcinolone hexacetonide
  24. triclonide

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desonide

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -onide

  • -onideend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: steroids for topical use, acetal derivatives

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -onide (Part II B) and the 24 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.