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Prodrug

Meaning

Noun

In Pharmaceutical drugs:
A
that is
in an
form that is
in the body into a
compound

Adj

In
of
drugs.
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Origin

prodrug
English
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drug
English
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drogge
Middle English (1100-1500)
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drogue
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
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droge
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
drogue
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
pro-
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pro
Latin
πρό
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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