cortisone Hear it!

cortisone definition

☆ cor·ti·sone (kôrt′ə sōn′, -zōn′)

noun

a corticosteroid, CHO, used as a replacement in adrenal insufficiency and in the treatment of various inflammatory, allergic, and neoplastic diseases

Etymology: contr. < corticosterone: so named by Edward C. Kendall (1886-1972), U.S. physician

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.