corticosterone
构词拆解
- cortico-
- cortex, usually the adrenal cortex or the cerebral cortex.
- -sterone
- (biochemistry, steroids) Steroid hormone. · (pharmacology) Used to form names of androgens/anabolic steroids and progestational steroids.
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释义
名词noun
- 1(biochemistry, steroids) A corticosteroid hormone, produced in the adrenal glands, involved in metabolism.