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cortisone Definition

cor·ti·sone (kôrtə 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

cortisone Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • produce: When too much ACTH is produced, the adrenal glands produce too much cortisone.

Adjective modifier

  • inactive: This metabolizes the relatively active cortisol to the inactive cortisone.

Modifies a noun

  • injection: I was given cortisone injections; a dozen at a time in my head, which hurts a lot trust me.
  • shot: Pain was still there in November, saw a Doc who gave me cortisone shots in both knees.
  • acetate: Cortisone acetate must be converted by the body into an active steroid, and the efficiency of conversion may vary between patients.
  • cream: On any open sores use hydro cortisone cream to stop itching.
  • dose: There will often be a point, many years into the disease, when higher cortisone doses are required.
  • treatment: This stimulates the body to produce more steroids from the adrenal glands ) and cortisone treatment.

Preposition: by

  • gland: Cushings Disease - This is a disease that occurs from the overproduction of cortisone by the adrenal glands.

Noun used with modifier

  • steroid: This time the results of treatment with heparin and/or the steroid cortisone were studied.
  • hormone: Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone cortisone.