aldosterone Hear it!

aldosterone definition

al·doste·rone (al däs′tə rōn′; al′dō stir′ōn′, -ster′-)

noun

a steroid hormone, CHO, produced synthetically and by the adrenal cortex glands: the chief regulator of sodium, potassium, and chloride metabolism, thus controlling the body's water and electrolyte balances

Etymology: < ald(ehyde) + ster(ol) + -one

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.