corticosteroid
nounUS /ˈkʰoɹɾɪko.steːɹoid/
Etymology From cortico- + steroid.
1
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
2
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Pharmacology, Physical sciences, Sciences Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure.
- 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.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 209:
- Synonyms
- corticosteroid
- Derived terms
- adrenocorticosteroid, corticosteroidal, corticosteroidogenesis, cortisuzol, cortivazol, hydroxycorticosteroid, noncorticosteroid
- Hyponyms
- glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid