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corticoid

corticoid noun: any substance (especially a drug) whose action is similar to that of a hormone of the adrenal cortex.

Noun

corticoid (plural corticoids)

  1. Any substance (especially a drug) whose action is similar to that of a hormone of the adrenal cortex

corticoid meaning in Tamil

corticoid in Tamil

அண்ணீரகச்சுரப்பு, கார்ட்டிக்காய்டு

Forms of corticoid

pluralcorticoids

Origin of corticoid

From cortico- + -oid.

Words formed from corticoid

Questions about corticoid

What does corticoid mean?
Corticoid means any substance (especially a drug) whose action is similar to that of a hormone of the adrenal cortex.
What is corticoid in Tamil?
Corticoid in Tamil is அண்ணீரகச்சுரப்பு, கார்ட்டிக்காய்டு. See Corticoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is corticoid?
Corticoid is a noun.
What is the plural of corticoid?
The plural of corticoid is corticoids.

Words near corticoid in the dictionary

  1. corticographic
  2. corticography
  3. corticogyral
  4. corticohippocampal
  5. corticohypothalamic
  6. corticoid
  7. corticoids
  8. corticokinematic
  9. corticole
  10. corticoliberin
  11. corticolimbic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corticoid (page history and authors); corticoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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