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WHO naming stem · prefix · 15 listed names

som-

growth hormone derivatives

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

All 15 names WHO lists under som-

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. somagrebove
  2. somalapor
  3. somapacitan
  4. somatosalm
  5. somatrem
  6. somatrogon
  7. somatropin
  8. somatropin pegol
  9. somavaratan
  10. somavubove
  11. somenopor
  12. sometribove
  13. sometripor
  14. somfasepor
  15. somidobove

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somatrem

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem som-

  • som-start of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: growth hormone derivatives

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

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Source and licence

The definition of som- (Part II B) and the 15 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.