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Prodrug
Meaning
Noun
●
In Pharmaceutical drugs:
A
drug
that is
administered
in an
inactive
form that is
metabolised
in the body into a
biologically
active
compound
Adj
●
In
favour
of
recreational
drugs.
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Origin
prodrug
English
drug
English
drogge
Middle English (1100-1500)
drogue
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
droge
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
drogue
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
pro-
English
pro
Latin
πρό
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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