fluocinolone
noun
fluocinolone is a noun meaning “A synthetic hydrocortisone derivative used in dermatology to reduce skin inflammation and relieve itching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-U-O-C-I-N-O-L-O-N-E, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fluocinolone is fluocinolones.
What does fluocinolone mean?
noun
- 1
A synthetic hydrocortisone derivative used in dermatology to reduce skin inflammation and relieve itching.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fluocinolone
- fluocinolones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fluocinolone?
Fluocinolone appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
Where does fluocinolone come from?
From fluo(ro)-[Term?] + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).