/glooh'koh kawr"ti koyd'/ , n. Biochem.
any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
[ 1945-50; GLUCO- + CORTIC- + -OID; cf. CORTICOSTEROID ]
/glooh'koh kawr"ti koyd'/ , n. Biochem.
any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
[ 1945-50; GLUCO- + CORTIC- + -OID; cf. CORTICOSTEROID ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012