corticoid
nounEtymology From cortico- + -oid.
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Medicine, Sciences Any substance (especially a drug) whose action is similar to that of a hormone of the adrenal cortex
- Derived terms
- glucocorticoid, hypercorticoid, mineralocorticoid, oxycorticoid
- Hypernyms
- hormone
- Hyponyms
- corticosteroid, glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid