Cortisone Definition

kôrtĭ-sōn, -zōn
noun
A corticosteroid, C21H28O5, used as a replacement in adrenal insufficiency and in the treatment of various inflammatory, allergic, and neoplastic diseases.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Cortone Acetate

Origin of Cortisone

  • Shortening of corticosterone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cortisone Sentence Examples

  • When too much ACTH is produced, the adrenal glands produce too much cortisone.

  • This metabolizes the relatively active cortisol to the inactive cortisone.

  • This time the results of treatment with heparin and/or the steroid cortisone were studied.

  • Various therapies needed to be tried, some of which, like the cortisone injection, required some waiting periods.

  • I took her back in, and the vet gave her a cortisone shot which lasted for three days.

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