CORTICOSTEROID


Meaning of CORTICOSTEROID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkȯr-ti-kō-ˈstir-ˌȯid also ]

-ˈster- noun

Date: 1944

: any of various adrenal-cortex steroids (as corticosterone, cortisone, and aldosterone) used medically especially as anti-inflammatory agents — compare glucocorticoid , mineralocorticoid

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