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Meaning of valerate in English:

valerate

Pronunciation /ˈvalərət/

noun

Chemistry

See valeric acid

‘Lambs fed the soybean hull diet had lower proportions of valerate than lambs fed the corn diets.’
  • ‘Children in the potent arm used 0.1% betamethasone valerate twice daily for three consecutive days, followed by a base emollient only for four days.’
  • ‘The 174 children in the study were randomly assigned to treatment with 1 percent hydrocortisone ointment twice daily for seven days or 0.1 percent betamethasone valerate twice daily for three days.’
  • ‘Pimecrolimus was far less effective than betamethasone valerate 0.1%.’
  • ‘In a rabbit model of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, oxytocin responsiveness was strongly reduced, and was completely restored by estradiol valerate, but not by testosterone.’