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cor·ti·sone \ˈkȯ(r)d.əˌsōn, -)tə-, -ˌzōn\ noun (-s) Etymology: alteration of corticosterone : a colorless crystalline steroid hormone C21H28O5 of the adrenal cortex prepared from the adrenal glands of certain domesticated animals or made synthetically that acts chiefly on carbohydrate metabolism, is usually administered in the form of its 21-acetate in the treatment especially of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, and certain allergic diseases, and is also used locally in certain inflammatory diseases of the eye; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone |