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Definition: Glucocorticoid |
GlucocorticoidNoun1. A steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A compound that belongs to the family of compounds called corticosteroids (steroids). Glucocorticoids affect metabolism and have anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects. They may be naturally produced (hormones) or synthetic (drugs). (references) |
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Crosswords: Glucocorticoid |
| English words defined with "glucocorticoid": Pediapred, prednisolone, Prelone. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "glucocorticoid": Beclomethasone, Betamethasone 17-Valerate, Budesonide ♦ Cortodoxone ♦ Desoximetasone, Dexamethasone Isonicotinate, Diflucortolone ♦ Flumethasone, Fluocinonide, Fluocortolone, Fluprednisolone ♦ Halcinonide ♦ Melengestrol Acetate ♦ Receptors, Glucocorticoid ♦ Triamcinolone Acetonide ♦ Virus Activation. (references) |
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Health | As a result, often both glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid hormones are lacking. (references) | |
Once control is established, the daily dose of glucocorticoid hormones may be doubled and given on alternate days to lessen side effects. (references) | ||
In patients suspected of having an addisonian crisis, the doctor must begin treatment with injections of salt, fluids, and glucocorticoid hormones immediately. (references) | ||
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| "Glucocorticoid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glucocorticoid" is used about 6 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) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "glucocorticoid": glucocorticoid-induced. | |
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| 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 |
glucocorticoid | 14 |
glucocorticoid glucocorticoids | 11 |
glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis | 5 |
glucocorticoid receptor | 3 |
actonel glucocorticoid osteoporosis postmenopausal | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "glucocorticoid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 糖皮质激素. (various references) | |
Danish | glukokortikoid. (various references) | |
French | éosinopénie glucocorticoïde (glucocorticoid eosinopenia). (various references) | |
German | Glukokortikoid-Esosinopenie (glucocorticoid eosinopenia). (various references) | |
Greek | γλυκοκορτικοειδής ηωξινοπενία (glucocorticoid eosinopenia). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ucocorticoidglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eosinopenia glicocorticóide (glucocorticoid eosinopenia). (various references) | |
Spanish | eosinopenia glucocorticoidea (glucocorticoid eosinopenia). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glucocorticoid": glucocorticoids. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-c-d-g-i-i-l-o-o-o-r-t-u" | |
-5 letters: colicroot, corticoid. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-c-d-g-i-i-l-o-o-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: glucocorticoids. | |
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