Cortisol Definition

kôrtəsôl, kôrtəsōl
noun

Hydrocortisone.

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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Cortisol Sentence Examples

  • The doctor will measure the blood cortisol which is a hormone produced by the adrenals.

  • The changes in plasma aldosterone, cortisol, and renin are summarized in the table earlier on the page.

  • This causes the adrenal glands to produce too much cortisol.

  • Excess cortisol is known to increase catabolism (protein breakdown in muscles ).

  • The most important hormone secreted in relation to Cushing's is called cortisol.

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