Definitions for glucocorticoid
glucocorticoid
glu·co·cor·ti·coid
Spelling: [gloo-koh-kawr-ti-koid]
IPA: /ˌglu koʊˈkɔr tɪˌkɔɪd/
Glucocorticoid is a 14 letter English word.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 28 points.
You can make 474 anagrams from letters in glucocorticoid (cccdgiilooortu).
Definitions for glucocorticoid
noun
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any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
Origin of glucocorticoid
1945-50; gluco- + cortic(o)- + -oid; cf. corticosteroi