cortisone

English

Chemical structure of cortisone

Etymology

Shortening of corticosterone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.tɪ.zəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.tɪˌsoʊn/

Noun

cortisone (countable and uncountable, plural cortisones)

1. (biochemistry, steroids, pharmacology) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C₂₁H₂₈O₅.

Derived terms

• cortisol
• hydrocortisone
• prednisone
• urocortisone

 

Translations

corticosteroid hormone

• Arabic: كُورْتِيزُون m (kurtizūn)
• Asturian: cortisona f
• Catalan: cortisona f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可的松 (zh) (kědìsōng), 考的松 (kǎodìsōng)

• Czech: kortizon m
• Finnish: kortisoni (fi)
• French: cortisone (fr) f
• Galician: cortisona f
• German: Cortison (de) n, Kortison (de) n
• Italian: cortisone (it) m
• Japanese: コルチゾン (koruchizon)
• Portuguese: cortisona (pt) f
• Russian: кортизо́н (ru) m (kortizón)
• Spanish: cortisona f

References

• “cortisone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cortisone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Socotrine, certosino, coronites, osteocrin

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

cortisone f (plural cortisones)

1. cortisone

Further reading

• “cortisone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

cortisone m (plural cortisoni)

1. cortisone

Anagrams

• certosino, cortonesi, crotonesi, resoconti