betamethasone
/ˌbeɪ.təˈmɛθ.əˌsoʊn/noun
betamethasone is a noun meaning “A potent glucocorticoid C₂₂H₂₉FO₅ that is isomeric with dexamethasone and has potent anti-inflammatory activity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-E-T-A-M-E-T-H-A-S-O-N-E and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does betamethasone mean?
noun
- 1
A potent glucocorticoid C₂₂H₂₉FO₅ that is isomeric with dexamethasone and has potent anti-inflammatory activity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce betamethasone?
- US /ˌbeɪ.təˈmɛθ.əˌsoʊn/
Betamethasone has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of betamethasone
- β-methasone
- beta-methasone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is betamethasone?
Betamethasone appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Betamethasone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | betaméthasone, β-méthasone, bêta-méthasone |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does betamethasone come from?
From beta + (dexa)methasone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).