glucocorticoid
Meaning of glucocorticoid
noun
Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in metabolism and have anti-inflammatory properties.
Information about glucocorticoid
- It is a name.
- The plural form of glucocorticoid is: glucocorticoids.
- Languages in which glucocorticoid is used:
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Hyphenation of glucocorticoid
glu-co-cor-ti-coid
- It consists of 5 syllables and 14 chars.
- glucocorticoid is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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