"corticosteroid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: corticosteroids [plural]
Etymology: From cortico- + steroid. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|cortico|steroid}} cortico- + steroid Head templates: {{en-noun}} corticosteroid (plural corticosteroids)
  1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems. Categories (topical): Hormones
    Sense id: en-corticosteroid-en-noun-FWEEMo0T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cortico-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cortico-: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 78 22 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (biochemistry, pharmacology) Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure. Categories (topical): Pharmacology, Steroids
    Sense id: en-corticosteroid-en-noun-jRGvlge- Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, pharmacology, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: corticosteroid Hypernyms: corticoid, steroid, hormone Hyponyms: glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid Derived forms: adrenocorticosteroid, corticosteroidal, corticosteroidogenesis, cortisuzol, cortivazol, hydroxycorticosteroid, noncorticosteroid Translations (corticosteroid): corticosteroide [masculine] (Catalan), 皮質類固醇 (Chinese Mandarin), 皮质类固醇 (pízhì lèigùchún) (Chinese Mandarin), kortikosteroid [masculine] (Czech), kortikosteroidi (Finnish), corticostéroïde [masculine] (French), barksteri [masculine] (Icelandic), corticosteroide [masculine] (Italian), corticosteroide [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'corticosteroid': 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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