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-relin

pituitary hormone-release stimulating peptides

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

All 35 names WHO lists under -relin

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. anamorelin
  2. avorelin
  3. azetirelin
  4. buserelin
  5. capromorelin
  6. corticorelin
  7. deslorelin
  8. dumorelin
  9. examorelin
  10. fertirelin
  11. gonadorelin
  12. goserelin
  13. histrelin
  14. ipamorelin
  15. lenomorelin
  16. leuprorelin
  17. lutrelin
  18. macimorelin
  19. montirelin
  20. nafarelin
  21. orotirelin
  22. peforelin
  23. posatirelin
  24. pralmorelin
  25. protirelin
  26. relamorelin
  27. rismorelin
  28. rovatirelin
  29. sermorelin
  30. tabimorelin
  31. taltirelin
  32. tesamorelin
  33. triptorelin
  34. ulimorelin
  35. zoptarelin doxorubicin

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avorelin

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -relin

  • -relinend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: pituitary hormone-release stimulating peptides

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

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Source and licence

The definition of -relin (Part II B) and the 35 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.