corticosteroid
English
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editcorticosteroid (plural corticosteroids)
- (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
- (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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editcorticosteroid
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Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French corticostéroïde.
Noun
editcorticosteroid m (plural corticosteroizi)
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editDeclension of corticosteroid
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) corticosteroid | corticosteroidul | (niște) corticosteroizi | corticosteroizii |
genitive/dative | (unui) corticosteroid | corticosteroidului | (unor) corticosteroizi | corticosteroizilor |
vocative | corticosteroidule | corticosteroizilor |