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WHO naming stem · suffix · 28 listed names

-pril

angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

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

All 28 names WHO lists under -pril

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. alacepril
  2. benazepril
  3. captopril
  4. ceronapril
  5. cilazapril
  6. delapril
  7. enalapril
  8. fosinopril
  9. idrapril
  10. imidapril
  11. indolapril
  12. libenzapril
  13. lisinopril
  14. moexipril
  15. moveltipril
  16. orbutopril
  17. pentopril
  18. perindopril
  19. pivopril
  20. quinapril
  21. ramipril
  22. rentiapril
  23. spirapril
  24. temocapril
  25. trandolapril
  26. utibapril
  27. zabicipril
  28. zofenopril

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delapril

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -pril

  • -prilend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -pril (Part II B) and the 28 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.