Definition of Corticoids

1. Noun. (plural of corticoid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corticoids

1. corticoid [n] - See also: corticoid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corticoids

corticipetal
cortico-
cortico-hypothalamic
corticoafferent
corticobulbar
corticobulbar fibre
corticobulbar tract
corticocallosal
corticocerebellar
corticocerebellum
corticocortical
corticoefferent
corticofugal
corticogenesis
corticoid
corticoids (current term)
corticoliberin
corticolimbic
corticomedial
corticonuclear
corticonuclear fibre
corticopontine
corticopontine fibre
corticopontine tract
corticoreticular fibre
corticorubral fibre
corticose
corticospinal
corticospinal fibres
corticospinal tract

Literary usage of Corticoids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"Because the pregnant female and the fetus constitute an interrelated functional unit and corticoids can cross the placenta in both directions, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... of glucose intolerance are also observed in patients with Cushing's syndrome or patients given gluco- corticoids for therapy of other diseases (41). ..."

3. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Rousseau, GG, and Schmit, J.-P. Structure activity relationships for gluco- corticoids. I: Determination of receptor binding and biological activity. ..."

4. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"Effect of nicotine on the serum epinephrine and corticoids. American Heart Journal 87(4):491-496, April 1974. HILLHOUSE, EW, BURDEN, J., JONES, ..."

5. Carcinogenic Potency Database, Endocrine Disruptors edited by Lois Swirsky Gold (2000)
"... pituitary, and the gonads, adrenals, and thyroid gland regulates the synthesis of sex steroids, gluco- corticoids, and thyroid hormones, ..."

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