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Corticosteroid

//ˈkʰoɹɾɪko.steːɹoid// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
  2. 2
    a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

Etymology

From cortico- + steroid.

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