cortisol

See also: Cortisol and cortiçol

English

Etymology

From cortisone +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.tɪ.sɒl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.tɪˌsɔl/

Noun

cortisol (countable and uncountable, plural cortisols)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) A glucocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that mediates various metabolic processes (such as gluconeogenesis), has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, and whose levels in the blood may become elevated in response to physical or psychological stress. When used medicinally it is known as hydrocortisone.

Derived terms

• anticortisol
• cortisolemia
• deoxycortisol
• epicortisol
• hypocortisolism
• tixocortol

 

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: cortisol (ca) m
• Chinese: 皮质醇 (zh) (pízhìchún)
• Czech: kortizol (cs) m
• Finnish: kortisoli
• French: cortisol (fr) m
• German: Cortisol (de) n
• Italian: cortisolo (it) m
• Polish: kortyzol (pl) m
• Portuguese: cortisol (pt) m
• Russian: кортизол (ru) m (kortizol)
• Spanish: cortisol (es) m
• Swedish: kortisol (sv)

Anagrams

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Portuguese

Etymology

Blend of cortisona +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koh.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koh.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koɾ.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koχ.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koɻ.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tiˈzɔl/ [kuɾ.tiˈzɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tiˈzɔl/ [kuɾ.tiˈzɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tiˈzɔ.li/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔw, (Portugal) -ɔl
• Hyphenation: cor‧ti‧sol

Noun

cortisol m (plural cortisóis)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) cortisol (Steroid hormone (C21H30O5) secreted by the adrenal cortex or obtained synthetically, used for medicinal purposes mainly for its anti-inflammatory effects.)

Related terms

• cortiçol

See also

• córtex

Further reading

• “cortisol”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “cortisol” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cortisol”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “cortisol”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “cortisol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Noun

cortisol m (plural cortisoles)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) cortisol

   Synonym: hidrocortisona

Further reading

• “cortisol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16