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FLUDROCORTISONE

Specialty Definition: FLUDROCORTISONE

DomainDefinition

Health

A synthetic mineralocorticoid with anti-inflammatory activity. (references)

Medicine

Mineralcorticoid. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: FLUDROCORTISONE

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

If aldosterone is deficient, maintenance therapy also includes oral doses of fludrocortisone acetate. (references)

Measures to combat orthostatic hypotension include elevation of the head of the bed, frequent small meals, a high-salt diet, and drugs such as fludrocortisone, midodrine, and ephedrine. (references)

Raising the head of the bed and wearing elastic stockings may also help. Increased salt in the diet and treatment with salt-retaining hormones such as fludrocortisone are other possible approaches. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FLUDROCORTISONE

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fludrocortisone

23

fludrocortisone acetate

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FLUDROCORTISONE

Language Translations for "FLUDROCORTISONE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

fludrocortison. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

fludrocortison. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

fludrokortisoni. (various references)

   

French

  

fludrocortisone. (various references)

   

German

  

Fludrocortison. (various references)

   

Italian

  

fludrocortisone. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

udrocortisoneflay

   

Portuguese

  

fludrocortisona. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fludrocortisona. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fludrokortison. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FLUDROCORTISONE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-f-i-l-n-o-o-o-r-r-s-t-u"

-3 letters: counterfoils.

-4 letters: counterfoil, introducers, odoriferous, terricolous, undercrofts.

-5 letters: cofounders, confiteors, confitures, coniferous, cornfields, decontrols, discounter, disulfoton, elocutions, flounciest, forecourts, forlornest, indecorous, interfolds, introducer, introduces, locutories, outscorned, recontours, rediscount, reductions, resolution, resorcinol, tendrilous, tricolored, undercools, undercroft.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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