Usually means: Hormone regulating stress, metabolism, immunity.
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  1. cortisol: Merriam-Webster
  2. cortisol: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cortisol: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cortisol: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. cortisol: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  1. cortisol: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. cortisol: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Cortisol: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Cortisol: Merck Manuals
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  8. cortisol: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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  1. Cortisol: Body Building

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cortisol)

noun:  (biochemistry, steroids) A glucocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that mediates various metabolic processes (such as gluconeogenesis), has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, and whose levels in the blood may become elevated in response to physical or psychological stress. When used medicinally it is known as hydrocortisone.

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