corticosterone

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noun

A corticosteroid hormone, produced in the adrenal glands, involved in metabolism.

OriginEnglish ketone ← German Keton ← French cholestéro →
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Meanings

nouncorticosterone (countable and uncountable, plural corticosterones)

plural corticosterones

  1. countableuncountablesteroidsbiochemistryA corticosteroid hormone, produced in the adrenal glands, involved in metabolism.

    “The brain doesn’t get the rest it needs, resulting in a drop in executive function and accompanied by an increase in corticosterone levels.”

    2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 206

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kert-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
  4. Latincortex
  5. Englishcortico-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kʰolā́
  8. Ancient Greekχολή (kholḗ)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  10. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  11. Frenchcholestérine
  12. Frenchcholestéro
  13. Englishcholesterol
  14. Englishsterol
  15. GermanKeton
  16. Englishketone
  17. Englishcorticosterone

From cortico- + -sterone.

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Translations

Italian corticosterone
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Japanese コルチコステロン
  • コルチコステロン (koruchikosuteron)Translations
Romanian corticosteron
  • corticosteronTranslations
Spanish corticosterona
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Cite this entry
APA

corticosterone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corticosterone

MLA

“corticosterone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corticosterone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corticosterone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corticosterone.

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