hydrocortisone
IPA: haɪdroʊkˈɔrtʌzoʊn
noun
- (pharmacology) Name used for cortisol, a glucocorticoid steroid hormone, when used as a medication. Used to treat e.g. inflammation resulting from rheumatism and eczema.
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Examples of "hydrocortisone" in Sentences
- It is similar in potency to hydrocortisone.
- It is a synthetic hydrocortisone derivative.
- Local hydrocortisone in de Quervain's disease.
- Hydrocortisone applied to the skin is not absorbed.
- Hydrocortisone can sometimes reverse the hypoadrenal shock.
- They then offer to trade the hydrocortisone for Blake's desk.
- Hydrocortisone applied to the skin aids in temporary itch relief.
- Hydrocortisone should be used in severe attacks of Crohn's disease.
- The same process was used to prepare prednisolone from hydrocortisone.
- Hydrocortisone is the name used for pharmaceutical preparations of cortisol.
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