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glucoˈcorticoid
glucoˈcorticoid n.
Brit. 
/ˌɡluːkə(ʊ)ˈkɔːtᵻkɔɪd/
, /ˌɡluːkə(ʊ)ˈkɔːtᵻkɔɪd/U.S. /ˌɡlukoʊˈkɔrdəˌkɔɪd/
Biochemistry any of the steroid hormones produced in the adrenal cortex which are esp. concerned in carbohydrate metabolism./ˌɡlukoʊˈkɔrdəˌkɔɪd/ΚΠ
1950 E. H. Venning in E. S. Gordon Symposium Steroid Hormones 98 Certain compounds..will cause an increase in liver glycogen. These substances will be referred to as glucocorticoids, as they appear to be intimately associated with the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism.
1970 R. W. McGilvery Biochemistry xxiii. 565 The most active of the glucocorticoids in humans is cortisol, or hydrocortisone.
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