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• pred´i|ca|bly — pred|i|ca|ble «PREHD uh kuh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. that can be predicated or affirmed; assertable. –n. 1. a thing that can be predicated; attribute. 2. Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that can be used of a subject.… …   Useful english dictionary

• pred|i|ca|ble — «PREHD uh kuh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. that can be predicated or affirmed; assertable. –n. 1. a thing that can be predicated; attribute. 2. Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that can be used of a subject. According to… …   Useful english dictionary

• pred|a|to|ry — «PREHD uh TR ee, TOHR », adjective. 1. a) living by preying upon other animals. Lions and tigers are predatory animals; hawks and owls are predatory birds. »Field trials were then set up in semi arid bush country…under completely natural… …   Useful english dictionary

• pred|nis|o|lone — «prehd NIHS uh lohn», noun. a powerful steroid hormone, used in treating arthritis, inflammatory diseases, asthma, and certain allergies; metacortandralone. It does not upset the water balance of the body and has fewer unpleasant side effects… …   Useful english dictionary

• Liquid Pred — noun a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant • Syn: ↑prednisone, ↑Orasone, ↑Deltasone,… …   Useful english dictionary

• predicate — pred•i•cate v. [[t]ˈprɛd ɪˌkeɪt[/t]] adj., n. [[t] kɪt[/t]] v. cat•ed, cat•ing, adj. n. 1) to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert 2) pho logic a) to affirm or assert (something) of the subject of a proposition b) to make (a term) the predicate of… …   From formal English to slang

• predicable — pred•i•ca•ble [[t]ˈprɛd ɪ kə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) able to be predicated or affirmed; assertable 2) that which may be predicated; an attribute 3) pho logic any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject • Etymology: 1545–55;… …   From formal English to slang

• prednicarbate — pred·ni·car·bate (pred″nĭ kahrґbāt) [USP] a synthetic corticosteroid used topically for the relief of inflammation and pruritus in corticosteroid responsive dermatoses …   Medical dictionary

• prednimustine — pred·ni·mus·tine (pred″nĭ musґtēn) an ester of chlorambucil and prednisone, used as an antineoplastic in treatment of non Hodgkin lymphoma; administered orally …   Medical dictionary

• predatory — pred|a|to|ry [ˈpredətəri US to:ri] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: praedatorius, from praedari to seize and take away , from praeda stolen things ] 1.) a predatory animal kills and eats other animals for food 2.) trying to use someone s… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• prednisolone — /pred nis euh lohn /, n. Pharm. a synthetic glucocorticoid, C21H28O5, used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin s disease, and lymphomas. [1950 55; alter. of PREDNISONE by insertion… …   Universalium