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Definition: Cortisone |
CortisoneNoun1. A corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A natural steroid hormone produced in the adrenal gland. It can also be made in the laboratory. Cortisone reduces swelling and can suppress immune responses. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CortisoneSynonym: Cortone Acetate (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cortisone |
| English words defined with "cortisone": Edward Calvin Kendall, Edward Kendall ♦ Kendall. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cortisone": Cortisone Reductase. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cortisone" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (cortisone), Manx (cortisone). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Chemical analysis for cortisone and related hormones in body fluids. / National Institutes of Health photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Treatment may include cortisone or cytotoxic drugs. (references) | |
However, because of fluid retention, patients on cortisone drugs should limit salt in their diets. (references) | ||
Medication such as pain relievers, cortisone, and anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce pain and swelling. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cortisone" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cortisone" 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cortisone": Cortisone Reductase. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cortisone": cortisone-like, cortisone-lipped. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "cortisone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kortizon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 风湿"酮. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cortison. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cortison. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کورتیزون . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kortisoni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cortisone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kortison. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κορτιζόνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cortisone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | コルク抜き (bodice of a woman's dress, colchicine, Colt, corkscrew, cornet, correspondent, corsage, corset, kolkhoz, Kolmogorov, small bouquet worn by a woman), ゲリラ兵 (calking, caulking, caution, coach, coach's box, coaster, coat, coating, coda, coding, coding system, cogeneration, cogeneration system, Coke, Coke highball, coordinate, coordination, coordinator, corduroy, corkscrew, corselet, course, course of study, course record, courseware, gel, gene, Gentzen, germane, germanium, guerrilla, lane marks, money, money pinch, ski slope, tennis court). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コーチゾン , コルチゾン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cortisone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ortisonecay cortisona. (various references) кортизон. (various references) kortizon. (various references) cortisona. (various references) kortison. (various references) kortizon. (various references) кортизон. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cortisone": cortisones. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cortisone": hydrocortisone. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cortisone": hydrocortisones. (additional references) | |
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"Cortisone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Corcione, Corizon, Corridoni, cortazone, cortezone, cortison, Cortivo, cortizone, cortosone, courtisane, crtisone, Curatione, Torrizone. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cortisone" (pronounced kô"rtuzō'n) |
| 3 | -z ō' n | ozone. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: cointers, coonties, corniest, coronets, noticers, snootier. | |
-2 letters: cistern, cistron, citrons, coiners, cointer, consort, coontie, cooters, cooties, cornets, coronet, cortins, cretins, cronies, crotons, enroots, erosion, erotics, isotone, nitroso, norites, noticer, notices, octrois, oestrin, orceins, orients, recoins, scooter, section, sootier, stonier, torsion. | |
-3 letters: censor, centos, cestoi, citers, citron, coiner, conies, contes, contos, cooers, cooter, cootie. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: coinvestor, confiteors, cortisones, creosoting, microtones, neotropics, octonaries. | |
+2 letters: carotenoids, coinventors, coinvestors, concertinos, concretions, coordinates, corrections, coterminous, counterions, decorations, interschool, necrologist, neocortices, overactions, projections, prosecution, protections, relocations, retinoscopy, revocations. | |
+3 letters: citronellols, codirections, conditioners, conformities, consecration, conservation, consistories, conterminous, conversation, cooperations, correlations, counterfoils, counterpoise, craniotomies, econometrics, econometrist, embrocations, excoriations, iconolatries, incorporates, intercoolers, interschools, kinetochores, mucoproteins, necrologists, noncountries, overcautions, overdiscount, overstocking, percolations, periodontics, procreations, prosecutions, recognitions, reconditions, reconnoiters, reconnoitres, recordations, retroactions, retrocession, serotonergic, stereophonic, stereopticon. | |
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