Aldosterone

Definition: Aldosterone

Aldosterone

Noun

1. A corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance.

Specialty Definitions: Aldosterone

Domain	Definitions
Health	(11 beta)-11,21-Dihydroxy-3,20-dioxopregn-4-en-18-al. A hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that functions in the regulation of electrolyte and water balance by increasing the renal retention of sodium and the excretion of potassium. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Aldosterone

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Aldosterone is a steroid created by the cortex of the adrenal gland. It helps regulate the body's electrolyte balance.

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Crosswords: Aldosterone
English words defined with "aldosterone": aldosteronism ♦ Conn's syndrome ♦ hyperaldosteronism. (references)
Specialty definitions using "aldosterone": Aldosterone Antagonists, Angiotensin III ♦ Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2 ♦ Glycyrrhetinic Acid ♦ Pseudohypoaldosteronism ♦ Receptors, Aldosterone, Receptors, Mineralocorticoid ♦ Zona Glomerulosa. (references)
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Commercial Usage: Aldosterone
Domain Title
Books
Aldosterone (reference)
Aldosterone and aldosteronism (reference)
Aldosterone antagonists in clinical medicine : proceedings of the Searle symposium, Nice, April 13-15, 1978 (reference)
Genomic and Non-Genomic Effects of Aldosterone (reference)
Regulation of aldosterone biosynthesis (reference)
(more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Aldosterone
Subject Topic Quote
Health
If aldosterone is deficient, maintenance therapy also includes oral doses of fludrocortisone acetate. (references)
Aldosterone belongs to a class of hormones called mineralocorticoids, also produced by the adrenal glands. (references)
Addison's disease occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone cortisol and in some cases, the hormone aldosterone. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Aldosterone
"Aldosterone" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Aldosterone" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of Speech Percent Usage per
100 Million Words Rank in English
Noun (singular) 71.43% 5 157,705
Lexical Verb (infinitive) 28.57% 2 245,945
                    Total 100.00% 7 N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Expression: Aldosterone
Expression using "aldosterone": Aldosterone Antagonists. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
Ending with "aldosterone": renin-angiotensin-aldosterone.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aldosterone
The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression Frequency
per Day
aldosterone
73
aldosterone angiotensin renin system
8
aldosterone angiotensin endothelin receptor
6
aldosterone antagonist
3
aldosterone deficiency
2
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Modern Translations: Aldosterone
Language Translations for "aldosterone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese

醛�"�酮. (various references)

Danish

aldosteron. (various references)

Dutch

aldosteron. (various references)

Finnish

aldosteroni. (various references)

French

aldostérone. (various references)

German

Aldosteron, Aldocorten, Verbindung X von Reichstein, Sodium excreting factor, Elektrocortin. (various references)

Greek

αλδοστερόνη. (various references)

Italian

aldosterone, elettrocortina. (various references)

Pig Latin

aldosteroneay

Portuguese

aldosterona. (various references)

Russian

альдостерон. (various references)

Spanish

aldosterona. (various references)

Swedish

aldosteron. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.
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Derivations: Aldosterone
Derivations
Words beginning with "aldosterone": aldosterones. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).
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Anagrams: Aldosterone
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-n-o-o-r-s-t"
-2 letters: desolater, desolator, endosteal, loadstone, lodestone, oleanders, resonated, rondelets, tornadoes.
-3 letters: antlered, delators, desalter, desolate, donators, earstone, endostea, enrooted, entresol, eternals, ladrones, lardoons, leotards, lodestar, loosened, loosener, odonates, odorants, oestrone, oleander, oleaster, ortolans, ratooned, reasoned, redolent, reloaned, reslated, resonate, retooled, rondelet, solander, tandoors, telerans, tornados, treadles, trolands.
-4 letters: aerosol, alerted, altered, antlers, arenose, areoles.
Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-l-n-o-o-r-s-t"

+1 letter: aldosterones.

+2 letters: reconsolidate.

+3 letters: metronidazoles, reconsolidated, reconsolidates.

+4 letters: deuteranomalous, dichloroethanes, radiotelephones.

+5 letters: counterblockades, idolatrousnesses, radiotelephonies.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Aldosterone

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)
41 6C 64 6F 73 74 65 72 6F 6E 65
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)
Morse Code (1836) (references)
.-    .-..    -..    ---    ...    -    .    .-.    ---    -.    .
Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)
01000001 01101100 01100100 01101111 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101111 01101110 01100101
HTML Code (1990) (references)
&#65 &#108 &#100 &#111 &#115 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#111 &#110 &#101
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)
0041 006C 0064 006F 0073 0074 0065 0072 006F 006E 0065
British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)
3578708185867184818071
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INDEX
1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction 5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern 9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


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Domain	Title
Books	Aldosterone (reference) Aldosterone and aldosteronism (reference) Aldosterone antagonists in clinical medicine : proceedings of the Searle symposium, Nice, April 13-15, 1978 (reference) Genomic and Non-Genomic Effects of Aldosterone (reference) Regulation of aldosterone biosynthesis (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		If aldosterone is deficient, maintenance therapy also includes oral doses of fludrocortisone acetate. (references)
		Aldosterone belongs to a class of hormones called mineralocorticoids, also produced by the adrenal glands. (references)
		Addison's disease occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone cortisol and in some cases, the hormone aldosterone. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	71.43%	5	157,705
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	28.57%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	7	N/A

Expression using "aldosterone": Aldosterone Antagonists. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "aldosterone": renin-angiotensin-aldosterone.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day
aldosterone	73
aldosterone angiotensin renin system	8
aldosterone angiotensin endothelin receptor	6
aldosterone antagonist	3
aldosterone deficiency	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "aldosterone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		醛�"�酮. (various references)

Danish		aldosteron. (various references)

Dutch		aldosteron. (various references)

Finnish		aldosteroni. (various references)

French		aldostérone. (various references)

German		Aldosteron, Aldocorten, Verbindung X von Reichstein, Sodium excreting factor, Elektrocortin. (various references)

Greek		αλδοστερόνη. (various references)

Italian		aldosterone, elettrocortina. (various references)

Pig Latin		aldosteroneay

Portuguese		aldosterona. (various references)

Russian		альдостерон. (various references)

Spanish		aldosterona. (various references)

Swedish		aldosteron. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "aldosterone": aldosterones. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-n-o-o-r-s-t"
	-2 letters: desolater, desolator, endosteal, loadstone, lodestone, oleanders, resonated, rondelets, tornadoes.
	-3 letters: antlered, delators, desalter, desolate, donators, earstone, endostea, enrooted, entresol, eternals, ladrones, lardoons, leotards, lodestar, loosened, loosener, odonates, odorants, oestrone, oleander, oleaster, ortolans, ratooned, reasoned, redolent, reloaned, reslated, resonate, retooled, rondelet, solander, tandoors, telerans, tornados, treadles, trolands.
	-4 letters: aerosol, alerted, altered, antlers, arenose, areoles.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-l-n-o-o-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: aldosterones.
	+2 letters: reconsolidate.
	+3 letters: metronidazoles, reconsolidated, reconsolidates.
	+4 letters: deuteranomalous, dichloroethanes, radiotelephones.
	+5 letters: counterblockades, idolatrousnesses, radiotelephonies.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.