GLUCOCORTICOID

[glu.co.cor.ti.coid] n (1950): any of a group of corticoids (as hydrocortisone) that are involved esp. in carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism, that are anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive, and that are used widely in medicine (as in the alleviation of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis)--compare mineralocorticoid