mineralocorticoid

English

mineralocorticoid (plural mineralocorticoids)

(biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.
- 2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E. Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, page 1301:
  Severely undervirilized males may have normal mineralocorticoid activity; fully masculinized males may display salt loss.

type of steroid hormone

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鹽皮質激素／盐皮质激素 (yánpízhìjīsù)
Finnish: mineralokortikoidi
German: Mineralocorticoid n, Mineralokortikoide n
Japanese: 鉱質コルチコイド (こうしつコルチコイド, kōshitsu koruchikoido), 電解質コルチコイド (でんかいしつコルチコイド, tenkaishitsu koruchikoido), ミネラロコルチコイド (minerarokoruchikoido), ミネラルコルチコイド (monerarukoruchikoido)
Kazakh: минералокортикоид (mineralokortikoid)
Korean: 무기질코르티코이드 (mugijilkoreutikoideu), 미네랄코르티코이드 (mineralkoreutikoideu)
Kyrgyz: минералокортикоид (mineralokortikoid)

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