hydrocortisone

English

Noun

hydrocortisone (countable and uncountable, plural hydrocortisones)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) A steroid hormone, produced by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates and maintains blood pressure.
2. (pharmacology) A synthetic version of this hormone used to treat Addison's disease and other conditions.

Synonyms

• cortisol

Translations

steroid hormone

• Finnish: hydrokortisoni (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Hydrokortison (de) n, Hydrocortison (de) n

See also

• cortisol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia