ˈkȯ(r)d.əˌsōn, -)tə-, -ˌzōn noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration of corticosterone
: a colorless crystalline steroid hormone C 21 H 28 O 5 of the adrenal cortex prepared from the adrenal glands of certain domesticated animals or made synthetically that acts chiefly on carbohydrate metabolism, is usually administered in the form of its 21-acetate in the treatment especially of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, and certain allergic diseases, and is also used locally in certain inflammatory diseases of the eye; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone