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tixocortol

tixocortol noun: a corticosteroid used as an intestinal anti-inflammatory and decongestant, a 21-thiol derivative of hydrocortisone.

Noun

tixocortol (uncountable)

  1. A corticosteroid used as an intestinal anti-inflammatory and decongestant, a 21-thiol derivative of hydrocortisone.

Origin of tixocortol

By surface analysis, tixo- (“modern coinage for thiol (sulfur) modification”) + cort- (“steroid core related to cortisol/hydrocortisone”) + -ol.

Questions about tixocortol

What does tixocortol mean?
Tixocortol means a corticosteroid used as an intestinal anti-inflammatory and decongestant, a 21-thiol derivative of hydrocortisone.
What part of speech is tixocortol?
Tixocortol is a noun.

Words near tixocortol in the dictionary

  1. Tiwi Islands
  2. Tiwian
  3. tix
  4. tixagevimab
  5. Tixall
  6. tixocortol
  7. Tixán
  8. tiyin
  9. tiyins
  10. tiyn
  11. tiyns

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