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Retinoid vs Acitretin - What's the difference?

retinoid | acitretin |

As nouns the difference between retinoid and acitretin

is that retinoid is (biochemistry) any of a class of compounds related to vitamin a while acitretin is (pharmaceutical drug) a retinoid that is used to treat psoriasis.

As an adjective retinoid

is of or pertaining to the retina.

retinoid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the retina
  • Noun

    (wikipedia retinoid) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a class of compounds related to vitamin A
  • acitretin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia acitretin) (-)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A retinoid that is used to treat psoriasis.
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