"cortisone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔː.tɪ.zəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔɹ.tɪˌsoʊn/ [General-American] Forms: cortisones [plural]
Etymology: Shortening of corticosterone. Etymology templates: {{m|en|corticosterone}} corticosterone Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cortisone (countable and uncountable, plural cortisones)
  1. (biochemistry, steroids, pharmacology) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C₂₁H₂₈O₅. Wikipedia link: cortisone Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones, Pharmaceutical drugs Translations (corticosteroid hormone): كُورْتِيزُون (kurtizūn) [masculine] (Arabic), cortisona [feminine] (Asturian), cortisona [feminine] (Catalan), 可的松 (kědìsōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 考的松 (kǎodìsōng) (Chinese Mandarin), kortizon [masculine] (Czech), kortisoni (Finnish), cortisone [feminine] (French), cortisona [feminine] (Galician), Cortison [neuter] (German), Kortison [neuter] (German), cortisone [masculine] (Italian), コルチゾン (koruchizon) (Japanese), cortisona [feminine] (Portuguese), кортизо́н (kortizón) [masculine] (Russian), cortisona [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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