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Cortisone - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Cortisone : (noun)
1: a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate)
normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to
hydrocortisone [syn: Cortone Acetate]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Cortisone : Cortisone: An adrenocorticoid gland .
Cortisone was the first of the "miracle drugs" for the treatment of Physiology or Medicine in 1950 with Tadeus Reichstein from Switzerland "for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the
adrenal cortex, their structure, and biological effects."
Synthetic cortisone acts after it is converted by the body (metabolized) to inflammation .
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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