vosoritide

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -ritide (“natriuretic peptide”).

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Noun

vosoritide (uncountable)

1. (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.