Crossword clues for hydrocortisone
The Collaborative International Dictionary
cortisol \cortisol\ n. a steroid hormone ( C21H30O5) active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism; -- called also hydrocortisone. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent
Syn: hydrocortisone.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context steroid hormone English) A steroid hormone, produced by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates and maintains blood pressure. 2 (context pharmaceutical drug English) A synthetic version of this hormone used to treat Addison's disease and other conditions.
WordNet
n. an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism [syn: cortisol, Hydrocortone, Cortef]
Usage examples of "hydrocortisone".
An application of the topical antibiotic hydrocortisone relieved the itch .
Fortunately, Dum-Dum said he had just the thing for them, a special concoction of his own devising, consisting of an astringent compounded of alum, sharkskin oil, hydrocortisone and a butylated cream to hold the ingredients into a semi-solid mass, guaranteed to either scare hemorrhoids back where they came from or simply dry the whole mess up into something that could be snipped off with a pair of surgical scissors.
He bought needle forceps, a nylon suture kit, surgical needles, scalpels, drips, antihistamines, hydrocortisone, penicillin tablets, some powdered antibiotics and three tins of vitamin B.
Before walking out on Eleanor, a lifetime eczema sufferer, he had raided her medicine box and brought away two thick tubes of hydrocortisone ointment.