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deoxycortone

UK/diːˌɒk.sɪˈkɔː.təʊn/

deoxycortone is the UK form of desoxycortone.

Meaning of desoxycortone

Noun

desoxycortone (uncountable)

  1. The steroid hormone deoxycorticosterone when used as a drug.

Origin of deoxycortone

Contraction of deoxycorticosterone.

Questions about deoxycortone

What is deoxycortone the UK form of?
Deoxycortone is the UK form of desoxycortone.
How do you pronounce deoxycortone?
Deoxycortone is pronounced /diːˌɒk.sɪˈkɔː.təʊn/ (UK).

Words near deoxycortone in the dictionary

  1. deoxychorismate
  2. deoxycoformycin
  3. deoxycorticosterone
  4. deoxycorticosterones
  5. deoxycortisol
  6. deoxycortone
  7. deoxycylindrospermopsin
  8. deoxycytidine
  9. deoxycytidines
  10. deoxycytidyl
  11. deoxycytidylate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deoxycortone (page history and authors); desoxycortone (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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