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cortisones

cortisones is the plural of cortisone.

Meaning of cortisone

Noun

cortisone (countable and uncountable, plural cortisones)

  1. (steroids) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C₂₁H₂₈O₅.

Questions about cortisones

What is cortisones the plural of?
Cortisones is the plural of cortisone.

Words near cortisones in the dictionary

  1. cortisolemias
  2. cortisolemic
  3. cortisols
  4. cortisoluria
  5. cortisone
  6. cortisones
  7. cortissimi
  8. cortissimo
  9. cortistatin
  10. cortistatins
  11. cortisuzol

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