corticosterone

English

Etymology

From cortico- +‎ -sterone.

Noun

corticosterone (countable and uncountable, plural corticosterones)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) A corticosteroid hormone, produced in the adrenal glands, involved in metabolism.
   • 2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 206:

     “The brain doesn’t get the rest it needs, resulting in a drop in executive function and accompanied by an increase in corticosterone levels.”

Derived terms

• dehydrocorticosterone
• deoxycorticosterone
• desoxycorticosterone

 

Italian

Etymology

From cortico- +‎ .

Noun

corticosterone m (plural corticosteroni)

1. corticosterone