Usually means: Hormone used to reduce inflammation.
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  1. cortisone: Merriam-Webster
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  3. cortisone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. cortisone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  20. cortisone: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. cortisone: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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(Note: See cortisones as well.)

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noun:  (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.

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