different between mineralocorticoid vs desoxycorticosterone

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mineral +? -o- +? corticoid

mineralocorticoid (plural mineralocorticoids)

(biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.
- 2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E. Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn (page 1301)
  Severely undervirilized males may have normal mineralocorticoid activity; fully masculinized males may display salt loss.

From desoxy- +? corticosterone.

desoxycorticosterone (uncountable)

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