Medical Definition of Cortexone

1. 11-Deoxycorticosterone; 21-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione;an adrenocortical steroid, principally a biosynthetic precursor of corticosterone and possibly aldosterone, that rarely appears in adrenocortical secretions; a potent mineralocorticoid with no appreciable glucocorticoid activity. Synonym: 21-hydroxyprogesterone, cortexone, deoxycortone, desoxycortone. Deoxycorticosterone acetate, desoxycorticosterone acetate;acetate salt used for intramuscular injection for replacement therapy of the adrenocortical steroid. Deoxycorticosterone pivalate, desoxycorticosterone pivalate;pivalate salt of the steroid. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cortexone

corsned
corsneds
corso
corsos
Cortaderia
Cortaderia richardii
Cortaderia selloana
Cortef
cortege
corteges
Cortes
cortex
cortex
cortexes
cortexolone
cortexone (current term)
cortex cerebelli
cortex cerebri
cortex glandulae suprarenalis
cortex lentis
cortex nodi lymphatici
cortex of hair shaft
cortex of lens
cortex of lymph node
cortex of ovary
cortex of thymus
cortex ovarii
cortex renis
Cortez
Corti's arch

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