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From cort- (“corticosteroid”) + -o- + d(e)ox(y)- + -one.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A steroid that can be oxygenated to cortisol. Full definition →
From cort- (“corticosteroid”) + -o- + d(e)ox(y)- + -one.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.