Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A corticosteroid, C21H30O4, that functions in the metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any of several steroid compounds secreted by the adrenal cortex; they are involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body.
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- noun biochemistry A
corticosteroid hormone , produced in theadrenal glands , involved inmetabolism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Galapagos released a hormone called corticosterone ....
WN.com - Articles related to EAST AFRICA: Cassava comes in from the cold 2010
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Their findings show that levels of a stress hormone called corticosterone increased the rats who were kept in isolation.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009
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The particular compound shown above (which Kendall called "compound B" and Reichstein called "substance H" in the days before its structure was determined) is now called corticosterone (kawr'tih-kos'ter-ohn).
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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This lack of effect on visceral adiposity is also surprising because Sub showed increased circulating corticosterone which is know to be associated with increased visceral adiposity
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alessandro Bartolomucci et al. 2009
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 In addition to the negative physiological effects associated with corticosterone i.e., bad partner = negative effects on health, a very interesting side-effect of the changes in hormone levels was observed.
Carin Bondar: Is Your Crappy Boyfriend Stressing You Out? You Are Not Alone... Carin Bondar 2012
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It turns out that females mated to bad boyfriends had a 3.5 increase in plasma levels of corticosterone -- the major hormone linked to stress in birds.
Carin Bondar: Is Your Crappy Boyfriend Stressing You Out? You Are Not Alone... Carin Bondar 2012
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ÂFemales with high levels of corticosterone produced clutches of eggs that were extremely male-biased.
Carin Bondar: Is Your Crappy Boyfriend Stressing You Out? You Are Not Alone... Carin Bondar 2012
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This work shows a direct connection between elevated levels of corticosterone and the sex ratio of resultant offspring, leading researchers to conclude that corticosterone may directly influence sex chromosome segregation during meiosis, or may lead to differential maturation rates of differentially sexed ova.
Carin Bondar: Is Your Crappy Boyfriend Stressing You Out? You Are Not Alone... Carin Bondar 2012
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It turns out that females mated to bad boyfriends had a 3.5 increase in plasma levels of corticosterone -- the major hormone linked to stress in birds.
Carin Bondar: Is Your Crappy Boyfriend Stressing You Out? You Are Not Alone... Carin Bondar 2012
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In addition to the negative physiological effects associated with corticosterone i.e., bad partner = negative effects on health, a very interesting side-effect of the changes in hormone levels was observed.
Carin Bondar: Is Your Crappy Boyfriend Stressing You Out? You Are Not Alone... Carin Bondar 2012
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