dehydrocorticosterone

noun

de·​hy·​dro·​corticosterone

(ˌ)dēˌhīdrō+

: a crystalline triketone C₂₁H₂₈O₄ extracted from the adrenal cortex and also made synthetically

called also 11-dehydrocorticosterone

see cortisone

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary dehydr- + corticosterone

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