cortisone

Shortening of corticosterone.

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

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.

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

• Socotrine, certosino, coronites, osteocrin

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cortisone f (plural cortisones)

1. cortisone

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

cortisone m (plural cortisoni)

1. cortisone

• certosino, cortonesi, crotonesi, resoconti