corticosteroid

English

Etymology

From cortico- +‎ steroid.

Noun

corticosteroid (plural corticosteroids)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
2. (biochemistry, pharmacology) Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure.

Hypernyms

• corticoid
• steroid
• hormone

Hyponyms

• glucocorticoid
• mineralocorticoid

Derived terms

• adrenocorticosteroid
• corticosteroidal
• corticosteroidogenesis
• cortisuzol
• cortivazol
• hydroxycorticosteroid
• noncorticosteroid

 

Translations

corticosteroid

• Catalan: corticosteroide (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮質類固醇／皮质类固醇 (pízhì lèigùchún)

• Czech: kortikosteroid m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kortikosteroidi
• French: corticostéroïde (fr) m
• Icelandic: barksteri m
• Italian: corticosteroide (it) m
• Spanish: corticosteroide m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French corticostéroïde.

Noun

corticosteroid m (plural corticosteroizi)

1. corticosteroid

Declension

Declension of corticosteroid

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) corticosteroid	corticosteroidul	(niște) corticosteroizi	corticosteroizii
genitive/dative	(unui) corticosteroid	corticosteroidului	(unor) corticosteroizi	corticosteroizilor
vocative	corticosteroidule		corticosteroizilor