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WHO naming stem · suffix · 26 listed names

-stim

colony stimulating factors

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

All 26 names WHO lists under -stim

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. balugrastim
  2. cilmostim
  3. daniplestim
  4. ecogramostim
  5. efbemalenograstim alfa
  6. eflapegrastim
  7. eflenograstim alfa
  8. empegfilsgrastim
  9. filgrastim
  10. lanimostim
  11. lenograstim
  12. leridistim
  13. lipegfilgrastim
  14. mecapegfilgrastim
  15. milodistim
  16. mirimostim
  17. molgramostim
  18. muplestim
  19. nartograstim
  20. pegbovigrastim
  21. pegfilgrastim
  22. pegnartograstim
  23. pegteograstim
  24. regramostim
  25. sargramostim
  26. telpegfilgrastim

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Decoded

cilmostim

Listed INNCarries 2 WHO stems, most specific first: -mostim …

  • -mostimend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: macrophage stimulating factors (M-CSF) type substances
  • -stimend of the nameWHO lists it hereWHO definition: colony stimulating factors

“cilmostim” is an INN that WHO lists under -mostim, -stim in the 2024 stem book.

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Source and licence

The definition of -stim (Part II B) and the 26 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.