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corticosteroid definition

cor·ti·co·ster·oid (kôr′ti kō′stir′o̵id′, -käs′tə ro̵id′)

noun

any of the steroid hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex, or any compound derived from these or prepared synthetically and having a similar structure

Etymology: cortico- + steroid

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