corticoid

English

Etymology

From cortico- +‎ -oid.

Noun

corticoid (plural corticoids)

1. (medicine) Any substance (especially a drug) whose action is similar to that of a hormone of the adrenal cortex

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with corticioid.

Hypernyms

• hormone

Hyponyms

• corticosteroid
• glucocorticoid
• mineralocorticoid

Derived terms

• glucocorticoid
• hypercorticoid
• mineralocorticoid
• oxycorticoid

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: kortikoidi
• Spanish: corticoide m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French corticoïde.

Noun

corticoid m (plural corticoizi)

1. corticoid

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	corticoid	corticoidul	corticoizi	corticoizii
genitive-dative	corticoid	corticoidului	corticoizi	corticoizilor
vocative	corticoidule		corticoizilor