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-orex

anorexics

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

All 23 names WHO lists under -orex

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. acridorex
  2. amfepentorex
  3. aminorex
  4. benfluorex
  5. clobenzorex
  6. cloforex
  7. clominorex
  8. difemetorex
  9. etolorex
  10. fenisorex
  11. fenproporex
  12. flucetorex
  13. fludorex
  14. fluminorex
  15. formetorex
  16. furfenorex
  17. indanorex
  18. mefenorex
  19. morforex
  20. oxifentorex
  21. pentorex
  22. picilorex
  23. tiflorex

Decode another name

Decoded

aminorex

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -orex

  • -orexend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: anorexics

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -orex (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.