cortodoxone
构词拆解
- cort-
- (pharmacology) Used to form names of corticosteroids except prednisolone derivatives.
- -o-
- A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or combining forms of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the classical compounds of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary, but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
- deoxy-
- (chemistry) Formally derived from another
词源说明
From cort- (“corticosteroid”) + -o- + d(e)ox(y)- + -one.
释义
名词noun
- 1(pharmacology, biochemistry) A steroid that can be oxygenated to cortisol.