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glucosteroid

glucosteroid noun: any steroid that regulates glucose, but especially any of the glucocorticoids.

Noun

glucosteroid (plural glucosteroids)

  1. Any steroid that regulates glucose, but especially any of the glucocorticoids

Forms of glucosteroid

pluralglucosteroids

Origin of glucosteroid

From gluco- + steroid.

Questions about glucosteroid

What does glucosteroid mean?
Glucosteroid means any steroid that regulates glucose, but especially any of the glucocorticoids.
What part of speech is glucosteroid?
Glucosteroid is a noun.
What is the plural of glucosteroid?
The plural of glucosteroid is glucosteroids.

Words near glucosteroid in the dictionary

  1. glucosphingolipids
  2. glucosphingosine
  3. glucostasis
  4. glucostatic
  5. glucostereochemistry
  6. glucosteroid
  7. glucosteroids
  8. glucostrebloside
  9. glucostrophalloside
  10. glucostrophanthidin
  11. glucosulfamide

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