| beclomethasone | <chemical> An anti-inflammatory, synthetic glucocorticoid. It is used topically as an anti-inflammatory agent and in aerosol form for the treatment of asthma. Pharmacological action: anti-asthmatic agents, steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, glucocorticoids, synthetic, glucocorticoids, topical. Chemical name: Pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione, 9-chloro-11,17,21-trihydroxy-16-methyl-, (11beta,16beta)- (12 Dec 1998) |
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| beclomethasone dipropionate | Dipropionate salt of 9-chloro-11b,17,21-trihydroxy-16b-methylpregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione;a topical anti-inflammatory agent; often used by inhalation in asthma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spray | A liquid minutely divided or nebulised as by a jet of air of steam. (18 Nov 1997) |
| flower-spray ending | One of the two types of sensory nerve ending associated with the neuromuscular spindle (the other being the annulospiral ending); in this type, the fibre branches spread out upon the surface of the intrafusal fibres like a spray of flowers. Synonym: flower-spray organ of Ruffini. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flower-spray organ of Ruffini | One of the two types of sensory nerve ending associated with the neuromuscular spindle (the other being the annulospiral ending); in this type, the fibre branches spread out upon the surface of the intrafusal fibres like a spray of flowers. Synonym: flower-spray organ of Ruffini. (05 Mar 2000) |