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dehydrocorticosterone

dehydrocorticosterone noun: the steroid 11-dehydrocorticosterone that is active in the adrenal cortex.

Noun

dehydrocorticosterone (countable and uncountable, plural dehydrocorticosterones)

  1. The steroid 11-dehydrocorticosterone that is active in the adrenal cortex

Forms of dehydrocorticosterone

pluraldehydrocorticosterones

Origin of dehydrocorticosterone

From dehydro- + corticosterone.

Questions about dehydrocorticosterone

What does dehydrocorticosterone mean?
Dehydrocorticosterone means the steroid 11-dehydrocorticosterone that is active in the adrenal cortex.
What part of speech is dehydrocorticosterone?
Dehydrocorticosterone is a noun.
What is the plural of dehydrocorticosterone?
The plural of dehydrocorticosterone is dehydrocorticosterones.

Words near dehydrocorticosterone in the dictionary

  1. dehydrocholates
  2. dehydrocholesterol
  3. dehydrocholic
  4. dehydrocholic acid
  5. dehydrocondensation
  6. dehydrocorticosterone
  7. dehydrocorydalmine
  8. dehydrocostus lactone
  9. dehydrocostuslactone
  10. dehydrocoupling
  11. dehydrocyclisation

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