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WHO naming stem · suffix · 155 listed names

-stat/-stat-

enzyme inhibitors

WHO's definition, quoted as written in the 2024 stem book
Names only. This page is about -stat/-stat- 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 -stat/-stat-. It has 2 spellings or places: stat at the end of the name (…stat); stat inside the name, with letters before and after it (…stat…).

Of the 155 names WHO lists under it, 135 carry stat at the end of the name, 20 carry stat inside the name, with letters before and after it.

All 155 names WHO lists under -stat/-stat-

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. abexinostat
  2. abrucomstat
  3. acebilustat
  4. aderamastat
  5. afegostat
  6. aldumastat
  7. alicapistat
  8. alrestatin
  9. alteminostat
  10. alvelestat
  11. apratastat
  12. atorvastatin
  13. avagacestat
  14. avoralstat
  15. azalanstat
  16. batimastat
  17. baxdrostat
  18. begacestat
  19. belinostat
  20. benurestat
  21. berotralstat
  22. bervastatin
  23. bomedemstat
  24. caficrestat
  25. camostat
  26. cavosonstat
  27. cerivastatin
  28. cetilistat
  29. cilastatin
  30. cindinustat
  31. cipemastat
  32. citarinostat
  33. clesacostat
  34. cobicistat
  35. conendostatin
  36. conestat alfa
  37. crenigacestat
  38. crilvastatin
  39. cudetaxestat
  40. dacinostat
  41. dalvastatin
  42. daprodustat
  43. dazcapistat
  44. denifanstat
  45. depelestat
  46. desidustat
  47. devimistat
  48. dexfadrostat
  49. dociparstat
  50. domatinostat
  51. elcubragistat
  52. emixustat
  53. emvododstat
  54. enarodustat
  55. entinostat
  56. epalrestat
  57. ervogastat
  58. etamicastat
  59. ezatiostat
  60. ezurpimtrostat
  61. farudodstat
  62. febuxostat
  63. feniralstat
  64. fidarestat
  65. fimepinostat
  66. firsocostat
  67. fluvastatin
  68. freselestat
  69. fulacimstat
  70. givinostat
  71. glenvastatin
  72. iadademstat
  73. ibezapolstat
  74. icerguastat
  75. ilomastat
  76. imetelstat
  77. imirestat
  78. irosustat
  79. itavastatin
  80. ivaltinostat
  81. izilendustat
  82. lanabecestat
  83. lapaquistat
  84. lenumlostat
  85. lidorestat
  86. linrodostat
  87. lirametostat
  88. lonodelestat
  89. lorundrostat
  90. lovastatin
  91. lucerastat
  92. luvadaxistat
  93. marimastat
  94. mevastatin
  95. migalastat
  96. miglustat
  97. minalrestat
  98. mitiperstat
  99. mocetinostat
  100. molidustat
  101. nafamostat
  102. nepicastat
  103. ninerafaxstat
  104. niraxostat
  105. nirogacestat
  106. onametostat
  107. orlistat
  108. otaplimastat
  109. panobinostat
  110. patamostat
  111. pemrametostat
  112. pinometostat
  113. pitavastatin
  114. ponalrestat
  115. pracinostat
  116. pravastatin
  117. prinomastat
  118. pulrodemstat
  119. quisinostat
  120. ranirestat
  121. rebimastat
  122. remetinostat
  123. resminostat
  124. ricolinostat
  125. risarestat
  126. rosuvastatin
  127. roxadustat
  128. seclidemstat
  129. semagacestat
  130. sepimostat
  131. simvastatin
  132. sivelestat
  133. solimastat
  134. tanomastat
  135. tazemetostat
  136. tefinostat
  137. tenivastatin
  138. tiprelestat
  139. tolrestat
  140. trofolastat chloride
  141. tucidinostat
  142. tulmimetostat
  143. upamostat
  144. vadadustat
  145. vafidemstat
  146. valemetostat
  147. vorinostat
  148. zabadinostat
  149. zamicastat
  150. zavondemstat
  151. zenarestat
  152. zinostatin
  153. zinostatin stimalamer
  154. ziritaxestat
  155. zopolrestat

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camostat

Listed INNCarries the WHO stem -stat/-stat-

  • -stat/-stat-end of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: enzyme inhibitors

“camostat” is an INN that WHO lists under -stat/-stat- in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -stat/-stat- (Part II B) and the 155 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.