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cortisone

English

Etymology

Contraction of corticosterone.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??.t?.z??n/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?k??.t??so?n/

Noun

cortisone (countable and uncountable, plural cortisones)

  1. (biochemistry, steroids, pharmacology) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.

Translations

References

  • “cortisone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • “cortisone”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

  • Socotrine, certosino, coronites, osteocrin

Italian

Noun

cortisone m (plural cortisoni)

  1. cortisone

Anagrams

  • certosino
  • resoconti

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steroids

English

Noun

steroids

  1. plural of steroid

Derived terms

  • on steroids

Anagrams

  • desistor, destrois, oestrids, ostreids

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