Definitions for cortisone

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cortisone cor·ti·sone

Spelling: [kawr-tuh-zohn, -sohn]

IPA: /ˈkɔr təˌzoʊn, -ˌsoʊn/

Cortisone is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 613 anagrams from letters in cortisone (ceinoorst).

Definitions for cortisone

noun

1. Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
2. Pharmacology. a commercial form of this compound, obtained by extraction from the adrenal glands of certain domesticated animals or produced synthetically, used chiefly in the treatment of arthritis, rheumatic fever, certain allergies, and other systemic conditions.

Origin of cortisone

1949; shortening of cortico-sterone; see sterol, -one

Examples for cortisone

A doctor comes to his house and gives him shots of cortisone to calm the arthritic pain in his knees.

With Dan and the other crewmembers back, did you feel the show got the cortisone shot it needed to run smoothly again?

This group includes familiar medicines like hydrocortisone, cortisone, prednisone, and Decadron.

Anything else I said would be hearsay, and I understand that he did receive some cortisone.

Before that final game, the Birds suggested that Palmer take a cortisone shot in his shoulder, which, that week, had become sore.

“Lance responded that he had taken EPO, testosterone, growth hormone, cortisone, and steroids,” she says.