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corticosteroid

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1. n. a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response Source: wordnet
2. j:22/n:78 n. a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response Source: ecdict

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administered adrenal cortex decrease drugs hormone immune produced reduce response steroid swelling synthesized they

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corticipetal Corticium salmonicolor Corticium solani cortico-hypothalamic corticoafferent corticoefferent corticofugal corticoid corticose corticospinal tract

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