Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: glucocorticoid
  1. A steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity

Derived forms: glucocorticoids

Type of: adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid, corticosteroid, endocrine, hormone, internal secretion

Encyclopedia: Glucocorticoid

Nearest

glowingly
glowplug
glowworm
gloxinia
Gloxinia perennis
Gloxinia spesiosa
gloze
glucagon
glucinium
Gluck
glucocorticoid
Glucophage
glucosamine
glucose
glucose tolerance test
glucoside
glucosuria
Glucotrol
glue
glued
gluey