Definition of Cortef

1. Noun. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cortef

Corrigan's pulse
Corrigan's sign
Corrine
Corrodentia
Corrèze
Corsac fox
Corsac foxes
Corse
Corsica
Corsican
Corsican Army
Corsicans
Cortaderia
Cortaderia richardii
Cortaderia selloana
Cortef (current term)
Cortes
Cortez
Corti's arch
Corti's auditory teeth
Corti's canal
Corti's cells
Corti's ganglion
Corti's membrane
Corti's organ
Corti's pillars
Corti's rods
Corti's tunnel
Corticium
Corticium salmonicolor

Literary usage of Cortef

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Hydrocorti- sone sodium succinate (Solu-Cortef, lot LG-963) was donated by the Upjohn Co. "Glucagon" as the hydrochloride (for injection, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"3 show blood glucose concentrations and mortality after 1.0 jig endotoxin when 3 mg hydrocortisone (Solu Cortef, Upjohn) was administered either before or ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1811)
"... held at the desire of this statesman, recommended tie appointment of a regency, tin- speedy convocation of the cortef, and that the net of the junta for ..."

4. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
"See also Pan. CoL Doc., no. 125, MS. " Other distinctions, among which an addition to the coat of arms, were also resolved in the same session. Cortef ..."

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