hexadrol

Other forms of hexadrol

plural

hexadrols·

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 hexadrol

What does hexadrol mean?

hexadrol 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 hexadrol?

hexadrol has 3 syllables and divides as hex-a-drol under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hexadrol?

Close synonyms include dexamethasone, Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, 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 hexadrol a common word?

hexadrol 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.