单词 | adrenal cortical hormone |
释义 | > as lemmasadrenal cortical hormone adrenal cortical hormone n. any of the hormones produced by the adrenal cortex; esp. cortisol or other glucocorticoid. ΚΠ 1926 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 78 683 One might think of a store of hormone which becomes exhausted, even some organ which for a limited time can vicariously supply something which takes the place of the adrenal (cortical) hormone. 1965 J. Lee & F. Knowles Animal Hormones iv. 70 The division of adrenal cortical hormones into glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids is a convenient one. 2009 Internat. Jrnl. Impotence Res. 21 207/2 Cortisol.., which is an adrenal cortical hormone, does not show changes in level with aging, but is increased by stress. < as lemmas |
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