GLUCOCORTICOID as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals
   • affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity
   Hypernyms(s) glucocorticoid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hormone (what does hormone mean?)
   • endocrine (what does endocrine mean?)
   • internal secretion (what does internal secretion mean?)
   • corticosteroid (what does corticosteroid mean?)
   • corticoid (what does corticoid mean?)
   • adrenal cortical steroid (what does adrenal cortical steroid mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • corticosterone (what does corticosterone mean?)
   • prednisolone (what does prednisolone mean?)
   • Pediapred (what does Pediapred mean?)
   • Prelone (what does Prelone mean?)
   • prednisone (what does prednisone mean?)
   • Orasone (what does Orasone mean?)
   • Deltasone (what does Deltasone mean?)
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