Morpheme
-olone
Type
suffix
Denotation
pharmacological suffix naming steroids or steroidlike drugs not derived from prednisolone
Etymology
from prednisolone, from prednisone with interfixed -ol, from pregnane (<pre- + Gn + -an(e)>) + diene (<Di + -ene>) + cortisone (from corticosterone (<Cortice + -o- + Stere + -one>)
Evidence
alfadolone, amafolone, androstanolone, bardoxolone, carbenoxolone, cicloxolone, cinoxolone, clocortolone, colestolone, deloxolone, diflucortolone, drostanolone, eltanolone, enoxolone, epietiocholanolone, etiocholanolone, fluclorolone, fluocinolone, fluocortolone, fluorometholone, fluperolone, ganaxolone, mestanolone, mesterolone, minaxolone, nandrolone, norethandrolone, omaveloxolone, oxandrolone, oxendolone, oxymetholone, prednisolone, renanolone, rimexolone, trestolone, triamcinolone
