mineralocorticoid

English

Etymology

mineral +‎ -o- +‎ corticoid

Noun

mineralocorticoid (plural mineralocorticoids)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.
   • 2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E. Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, page 1301:

     Severely undervirilized males may have normal mineralocorticoid activity; fully masculinized males may display salt loss.

Translations

type of steroid hormone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹽皮質激素／盐皮质激素 (yánpízhìjīsù)

• Finnish: mineralokortikoidi
• German: Mineralocorticoid n, Mineralokortikoide n
• Japanese: 鉱質コルチコイド (こうしつコルチコイド, kōshitsu koruchikoido), 電解質コルチコイド (でんかいしつコルチコイド, tenkaishitsu koruchikoido), ミネラロコルチコイド (minerarokoruchikoido), ミネラルコルチコイド (monerarukoruchikoido)
• Kazakh: минералокортикоид (mineralokortikoid)
• Korean: 무기질코르티코이드 (mugijilkoreutikoideu), 미네랄코르티코이드 (mineralkoreutikoideu)
• Kyrgyz: минералокортикоид (mineralokortikoid)