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Definition: Corticosteroid |
CorticosteroidNoun1. A steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response; "adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Any of the steroids elaborated by the adrenal cortex (excluding the sex hormones of adrenal origin) in response to the release of corticotrophin (adrenocorticotropic hormone) by the pituitary gland, to any of the synthetic equivalents of these steroids, or to angiotensin II. They are divided, according to their predominant biological activity, into three major groups: glucocorticoids, chiefly influencing carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism; mineralocorticoids, affecting the regulation of electrolyte and water balance; and C19 androgens. Some corticosteroids exhibit both types of activity in varying degrees, and others exert only one type of effect. The corticosteroids are used clinically for hormonal replacement therapy, for suppression of ACTH secretion by the anterior pituitary, as antineoplastic, antiallergic, and anti-inflammatory agents, and to suppress the immune response. Called also adrenocortical hormone and corticoid. (references) |
Medicine | A corticoid containing a steroid. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: CorticosteroidSynonyms: adrenal cortical steroid (n), corticoid (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Corticosteroid |
| English words defined with "corticosteroid": Aldactone, aldosterone, Aristocort, Aristopak ♦ cortisone, Cortone Acetate ♦ Decadron, dexamethasone, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone ♦ Hexadrol ♦ Kenalog ♦ Oradexon ♦ spironolactone ♦ triamcinolone. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "corticosteroid": Clobetasol ♦ Desonide ♦ steroid therapy. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Corticosteroid" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (corticosteroid). |
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Health | Generally, treatment for ADE includes corticosteroid medications. (references) | |
Prompt treatment with corticosteroid drugs helps to relieve symptoms. (references) | ||
Prednisone is probably the corticosteroid most often prescribed today. (references) | ||
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| "Corticosteroid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.24% of the time. "Corticosteroid" is used about 21 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 95.24% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.76% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
corticosteroid | 70 |
corticosteroid injection | 10 |
corticosteroid cream | 6 |
corticosteroid side effects | 6 |
corticosteroid flovent | 4 |
corticosteroid dermatoses responsive | 3 |
corticosteroid drug | 3 |
corticosteroid topical | 2 |
corticosteroid induced osteoporosis | 2 |
corticosteroid therapy | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "corticosteroid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 类皮质激 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | kortikosteroide, kortikosteroid, kortikoid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | corticosteroïde, corticoïd, bijniersteroïd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kortikosteroidi (adrenal steroids, corticosteroids), kortikoidi (adrenal steroids, corticosteroids). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | corticostéroïde, corticoïde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Corticosteroide (adrenal steroids, corticosteroids), Corticosteroid, Corticoide, Kortikoide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κορτικοστεροειδές, κορτικοειδές. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | corticosteroide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orticosteroidcay corticosteróide. (various references) corticosteroide, corticoide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "corticosteroid": corticosteroids. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "corticosteroid": adrenocorticosteroid. (additional references) | |
Words containing "corticosteroid": adrenocorticosteroids. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "corticosteroid" (pronounced kô'rtikōste"roy'd) |
| 3 | -r oy' d | android, spheroid. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-i-i-o-o-o-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: codirectors. | |
-4 letters: codirector, corticoids, redistrict, retrodicts, tortricids. | |
-5 letters: codirects, coeditors, corrodies, corticoid, creditors, cricetids, crocoites, directors, distorter, eroticist, recordist, retrodict, torridest, tortricid, trisector. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-d-e-i-i-o-o-o-r-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: corticosteroids. | |
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