corticosteroid

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Etymology

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From cortico- +‎ steroid.

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corticosteroid (plural corticosteroids)

  1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
  2. (biochemistry, pharmacology) Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure.
    • 2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 209:
      Wúràọlá’s first patient was a man who had not noticed any significant improvement after a regimen of corticosteroids had been prescribed for his spondylosis.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French corticostéroïde.

Noun

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corticosteroid m (plural corticosteroizi)

  1. corticosteroid

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