dexone

Other forms of dexone

plural

dexones·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dexone

What does dexone mean?

dexone means "a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation".

How many syllables are in dexone?

dexone has 2 syllables: dex-one. The stress falls on "dex".

What is another word for dexone?

Close synonyms include dexamethasone, Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Hexadrol, Oradexon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dexone a common word?

dexone is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.