ADRENAL CORTICAL STEROID as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized
   • administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body’’s immune response
   Synonym(s)
   • corticoid (what does corticoid mean?)
   • corticosteroid (what does corticosteroid mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions
   Hypernyms(s) adrenal cortical steroid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • steroid hormone (what does steroid hormone mean?)
   • steroid (what does steroid mean?)
   • sex hormone (what does sex hormone mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • mineralocorticoid (what does mineralocorticoid mean?)
   • glucocorticoid (what does glucocorticoid mean?)
   • hydrocortisone (what does hydrocortisone mean?)
   • cortisol (what does cortisol mean?)
   • Hydrocortone (what does Hydrocortone mean?)
   • Cortef (what does Cortef mean?)
   • cortisone (what does cortisone mean?)
   • Cortone Acetate (what does Cortone Acetate mean?)
   • dexamethasone (what does dexamethasone mean?)
   • Decadron (what does Decadron mean?)
   • Dexamethasone Intensol (what does Dexamethasone Intensol mean?)
   • Dexone (what does Dexone mean?)
   • Hexadrol (what does Hexadrol mean?)
   • Oradexon (what does Oradexon mean?)
   • spironolactone (what does spironolactone mean?)
   • Aldactone (what does Aldactone mean?)
   • triamcinolone (what does triamcinolone mean?)
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