Corticosterone

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  corticosterone \corticosterone\ n.
     any of several steroid compounds secreted by the adrenal
     cortex; they are involved in regulating water and electrolyte
     balance in the body.
     [WordNet 1.5] corticotrophin



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corticosterone
       n : secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water
           and electrolyte balance in the body