Cortisol Definition

kôrtəsôl, kôrtəsōl
noun
Webster's New World
A steroid hormone, C21 H30 O5 , produced by the adrenal cortex, that regulates carbohydrate metabolism, maintains blood pressure, and is released in response to stress; hydrocortisone.
American Heritage Medicine

(biochemistry, steroids) The steroid hormone hydrocortisone.

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