cortisol

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Noun

HYPHEN

cor=ti=sol

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cortisol has 1 sense

cortisol(n = noun.substance) cortef, hydrocortisone, hydrocortone - an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism;

is a kind of adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid, corticosteroid

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cortisol, n.

a steroid hormone (C21H30O5) active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism; -- called also hydrocortisone. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent [WordNet 1.5]