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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prednisone /ˈprɛdnɪzəʊn/

▶noun Medicine a synthetic drug similar to cortisone, used to relieve rheumatic and allergic conditions and to treat leukaemia.

– origin 1950s: perh. from pre(gnane) (a synthetic hydrocarbon) + d(ie)n(e) + (cort)isone.

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