cortisone

IPA: kˈɔrtʌzoʊn

(biochemistry, steroids, pharmacology) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C₂₁H₂₈O₅.

Examples of "cortisone" in Sentences

The cortisone is included as an anti inflammatory.
An example is the industrial production of cortisone.
Discoverer of cortisone and co discoverer of insulin.
It is often combined with monthly cortisone injections.
Likewise psoriasis is no cortisone deficiency syndrome.
He was credited for the discovery of the hormone Cortisone.
It is a combination antibiotic and cortisone like medicine.
Now Casey plans to get another cortisone shot to try to get inflammation out of the shoulder and do a lot of strengthening exercises.