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Medical Definition of Cortin

1. Any of the steroids elaborated by the adrenal cortex (excluding the sex hormones of adrenal origin) in response to the release of adrenocorticotrophin or adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by the pituitary gland, to any of the synthetic equivalents of these steroids or to angiotensin II. They are divided, according to their predominant biological activity, into three major groups: glucocorticoids (e.g. Cortisol, cortisone), chiefly influencing carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, mineralocorticoids (for example aldosterone), affecting the regulation of electrolyte and water balance and C19 androgens. Some corticosteroids exhibit both types of activity in varying degrees and others exert only one type of effect. The corticosteroids are used clinically for hormonal replacement therapy, for suppression of ACTH secretion by the anterior pituitary, as antineoplastic, antiallergic and anti-inflammatory agents and to suppress the immune response. Synonym: adrenocortical hormone, corticoid. (13 Nov 1997)

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Literary usage of Cortin

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1. West Coast Reporter: Containing All the Decisions as Fast as Filed, of the (1884)
"The court instructed the jury, as requested by the défendant, that if the foreman, cortin, and the plaintiff were both employed in the same gang, ..."

2. Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United by Lorenzo Sawyer, United States District Court (Nevada), United States District Court (Oregon) (1885)
"when cortin replied, "I forgot that; do you get some wood and make the fire;" and thereupon the plaintiff cut and carried wood from the vicinity and made ..."

3. The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour Review (1892)
"Mr. J. cortin, Newcastle on-Tyne. 'THIS large business was established thirty years ago by the late •I Mr. Joseph cortin, a. practical house and chemical ..."

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