CORTISONE


Meaning of CORTISONE in English

noun Etymology: alteration of corticosterone Date: 1949 a glucocorticoid C 21 H 28 O 5 of the adrenal cortex used in synthetic form especially as an anti-inflammatory agent (as for rheumatoid arthritis)

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