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Corticoid

Definition: Corticoid

Corticoid

Noun

1. 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.
 


Synonyms: Corticoid

Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid (n), corticosteroid (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Corticoid

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

corticoid

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

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Modern Translation: Corticoid

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

Danish

  

corticoterapi (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy), corticoidbehandling (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy), steroidtest (corticoid test), steroidterapi (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy), steroid-osteoporose (corticoid osteoporosis), steroidinduceret osteopeni (corticoid osteoporosis, steroid osteoporosis), steroid withdrawal-syndrom (corticoid withdrawal syndrome). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

corticosteroïdentherapie (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kortikoterapia (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy). (various references)

   

French

  

corticothérapie (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy), syndrome de sevrage cortisonique (corticoid withdrawal syndrome), ostéoporose cortisonique (corticoid osteoporosis), épreuve la prednisolone (corticoid test). (various references)

   

German

  

Cortisontherapie (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy), Steroidtherapie (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy), Kortisontherapie (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy), Kortikoidtherapie (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy), Kortikoidtest (corticoid test), Kortikoidosteoporose (corticoid osteoporosis), Kortikoidentzugssyndrom (corticoid withdrawal syndrome). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θεραπεία με κορτικοειδή (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

corticoterapia (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy), terapia cortisonica (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orticoidcay

   

Portuguese

  

corticoterapia (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

corticoterapia (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kortisonbehandling (corticoid therapy, corticotherapy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Corticoid

Derivations

Words beginning with "corticoid": corticoids. (additional references)

Words ending with "corticoid": glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid. (additional references)

Words containing "corticoid": glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Corticoid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: carotenoid, coricidin, cortico, Cortivo, cotyloid. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Corticoid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-i-i-o-o-r-t"

-1 letter: dicrotic.

-2 letters: cricoid.

-3 letters: citric, critic, doctor, octroi, toroid.

-4 letters: croci, dicot, droit, ictic, idiot, iodic, ootid, toric, torii.

-5 letters: coco, coir, coot, cord, croc, dirt, doit, door, irid, odic, odor, ordo, otic, riot, rood, root, roti, roto, tiro, torc, tori, toro, trio, trod.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-d-i-i-o-o-r-t"
 

+1 letter: corticoids.

 

+2 letters: cardiotonic, codirection, crocidolite.

 

+3 letters: accordionist, cardiotonics, codirections, crocidolites.

 

+4 letters: accordionists, contradiction, decortication.

 

+5 letters: cardiothoracic, clitoridectomy, contradictions, contradictious, corticosteroid, decortications, glucocorticoid, recodification, trichomonacide.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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