corticosteroid

From cortico- +‎ steroid.

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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.
   • 2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 209:

     Wúràọlá’s first patient was a man who had not noticed any significant improvement after a regimen of corticosteroids had been prescribed for his spondylosis.

• glucocorticoid
• mineralocorticoid

Borrowed from French corticostéroïde.

corticosteroid m (plural corticosteroizi)

1. corticosteroid