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adrenocortically

adrenocortically adverb: in terms of, or by means of, the adrenal cortex.

Adverb

adrenocortically (not comparable)

  1. In terms of, or by means of, the adrenal cortex.
    • an adrenocortically-mediated response to stress

Origin of adrenocortically

From adrenocortical + -ly.

Questions about adrenocortically

What does adrenocortically mean?
Adrenocortically means in terms of, or by means of, the adrenal cortex.
What part of speech is adrenocortically?
Adrenocortically is an adverb.

Words near adrenocortically in the dictionary

  1. adrenochrome
  2. adrenochromes
  3. adrenocortex
  4. adrenocortic
  5. adrenocortical
  6. adrenocortically
  7. adrenocorticoid
  8. adrenocorticosteroid
  9. adrenocorticosteroids
  10. adrenocorticotrophic
  11. adrenocorticotrophin

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