Definition of Corticoid

1. Noun. 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"


Definition of Corticoid

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Medical Definition of Corticoid

1. 1. Having an action similar to that of a hormone of the adrenal cortex. 2. Any substance exhibiting this action. Synonym: corticosteroid. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corticoid

corticipetal
Corticium
Corticium salmonicolor
Corticium solani
cortico-hypothalamic
corticoafferent
corticoafferent
corticobulbar fibre
corticobulbar tract
corticocerebellum
corticoefferent
corticoefferent
corticofugal
corticofugal
corticoid (current term)
corticoid (current term)
corticoids
corticoliberin
corticomedial
corticonuclear fibre
corticopontine fibre
corticopontine tract
corticoreticular fibre
corticorubral fibre
corticose
corticospinal fibres
corticospinal tract
corticospinal tract
corticostatin
corticosteroid

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