vosoritide
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From [Term?] + -ritide (“natriuretic peptide”).
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Noun
[edit]vosoritide (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A drug used to treat dwarfism.
- 2015 June 17, Andrew Pollack, “Drug Accelerated Growth in Children With Dwarfism, Pharmaceutical Firm Says”, in New York Times[1]:
- It is too soon to say if vosoritide can prevent any of those complications.