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mineralocorticoids

mineralocorticoids is the plural of mineralocorticoid.

Meaning of mineralocorticoid

Noun

mineralocorticoid (plural mineralocorticoids)

  1. (steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.
    • Severely undervirilized males may have normal mineralocorticoid activity; fully masculinized males may display salt loss.2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E. Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, page 1301

Questions about mineralocorticoids

What is mineralocorticoids the plural of?
Mineralocorticoids is the plural of mineralocorticoid.

Words near mineralocorticoids in the dictionary

  1. minerall
  2. mineralls
  3. minerally
  4. Mineralnye Vody
  5. mineralocorticoid
  6. mineralocorticoids
  7. mineralocorticosteroid
  8. mineralogenic
  9. mineralogic
  10. mineralogical
  11. mineralogically

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