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glucorticoid

glucorticoid is the alternative form of glucocorticoid.

Meaning of glucocorticoid

Noun

glucocorticoid (plural glucocorticoids)

  1. (steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in metabolism and have anti-inflammatory properties.

Forms of glucorticoid

pluralglucorticoids

Questions about glucorticoid

What is glucorticoid the alternative form of?
Glucorticoid is the alternative form of glucocorticoid.

Words near glucorticoid in the dictionary

  1. glucoronidase
  2. glucoronidation
  3. glucoronide
  4. glucoronosyl
  5. glucoronyltransferase
  6. glucorticoid
  7. glucorticoids
  8. glucosaccharide
  9. glucosaccharides
  10. glucosaemia
  11. glucosaline

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