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hypercortisolemic

hypercortisolemic adjective: relating to hypercortisolemia.

Adjective

hypercortisolemic (comparative more hypercortisolemic, superlative most hypercortisolemic)

  1. Relating to hypercortisolemia
    • Early studies suggested a rewarding effect of starvation itself through an hypercortisolemic and hyperdopaminergic state [23 ], and, in the same line, the animal model of self-starvation/activity-based anorexia (ABA) has implicated imbalances in the brain reward system in AN, driven merely by...2015 July 22, “Abnormal Social Reward Responses in Anorexia Nervosa: An fMRI Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of hypercortisolemic

comparativemore hypercortisolemic
superlativemost hypercortisolemic

Origin of hypercortisolemic

From hyper- + cortisolemic.

Questions about hypercortisolemic

What does hypercortisolemic mean?
Hypercortisolemic means relating to hypercortisolemia.
What part of speech is hypercortisolemic?
Hypercortisolemic is an adjective.

Words near hypercortisolemic in the dictionary

  1. hypercorticoid
  2. hypercorticoidemia
  3. hypercorticoidism
  4. hypercorticosteronemia
  5. hypercortisolemia
  6. hypercortisolemic
  7. hypercortisolism
  8. hypercortisolisms
  9. hypercortisoluria
  10. hypercortisonemia
  11. hypercosmic

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