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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a steroid hormone (C21H30O5) active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism; -- called also hydrocortisone. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent.

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  • noun biochemistry The steroid hormone hydrocortisone.

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  • noun an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[cortis(one) + –ol.]

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