corticoidn.
/ˈkɔːtɪkɔɪd/ Biochemistry.
Any of the steroids isolated from the adrenal cortex. Also attributive.
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corticoid1941
corticosteroid1944
1941 H. Selye in Nature 19 July 85/1 Without introducing any essentially novel terms, we could classify the steroid hormones into four main pharmacological groups..: Corticoid = having activity of: cortin, adrenal cortical hormone, principle maintaining life of adrenalectomized animals etc.
1959 Sci. News 52 30 To indicate their origin, steroids from the adrenal cortex are called corticoids.
1961 Lancet 12 Aug. 341/2 Corticoid therapy was instituted.
1962 Lancet 13 Jan. 81/2 A simple chromatographic technique suitable for analytical separation of corticoid mixtures.
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