corticosteroid

English

Etymology

From cortico- +‎ steroid.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: IPA^(key): /ˈkʰoɹɾɪko.steːɹoid/

• Audio (General American):

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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.
2. (biochemistry, pharmacology) Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure.
   • 2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 209:

     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.

Hypernyms

• corticoid
• hormone
• steroid

Hyponyms

• glucocorticoid
• mineralocorticoid

Derived terms

• adrenocorticosteroid
• corticosteroidal
• corticosteroidogenesis
• cortisuzol
• cortivazol
• hydroxycorticosteroid
• noncorticosteroid

Translations

corticosteroid

• Catalan: corticosteroide (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮質類固醇 / 皮质类固醇 (pízhì lèigùchún)

• Czech: kortikosteroid m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kortikosteroidi
• French: corticostéroïde (fr) m
• Icelandic: barksteri m
• Italian: corticosteroide (it) m
• Spanish: corticosteroide m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French corticostéroïde.

Noun

corticosteroid m (plural corticosteroizi)

1. corticosteroid

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	corticosteroid	corticosteroidul		corticosteroizi	corticosteroizii
genitive-dative	corticosteroid	corticosteroidului		corticosteroizi	corticosteroizilor
vocative	corticosteroidule			corticosteroizilor