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Meaning of "corticosterone" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORTICOSTERONE

From cortico- + ster(ol) + -one.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CORTICOSTERONE

corticosterone  [ˌkɔːtɪˈkɒstəˌrəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORTICOSTERONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Corticosterone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CORTICOSTERONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Corticosterone

Corticosterone is a 21-carbon steroid hormone of the corticosteroid type produced in the cortex of the adrenal glands in rodents and other non-human animals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORTICOSTERONE


aldosterone
ælˈdɒstəˌrəʊn
androsterone
ænˈdrɒstəˌrəʊn
chaperon
ˈʃæpəˌrəʊn
coumarone
ˈkuːməˌrəʊn
cumarone
ˈkuːməˌrəʊn
cyproterone
saɪˈprɒtəˌrəʊn
dehydroepiandrosterone
diːˌhaɪdrəʊˌɛpɪænˈdrɒstəˌrəʊn
drone
drəʊn
groan
ɡrəʊn
grown
ɡrəʊn
maron
mɑːˈrəʊn
norethisterone
ˌnɔːrəˈθɪstəˌrəʊn
overgrown
ˌəʊvəˈɡrəʊn
progesterone
prəʊˈdʒɛstəˌrəʊn
prone
prəʊn
roan
rəʊn
testosterone
tɛˈstɒstəˌrəʊn
throne
θrəʊn
thrown
θrəʊn
Tyrone
tɪˈrəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORTICOSTERONE

cortical
cortically
corticate
corticated
cortication
cortices
corticoid
corticolous
corticose
corticosteroid
corticotrophic
corticotrophin
corticotropic
corticotropin
cortile
cortin
cortina
cortisol
cortisone

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORTICOSTERONE

Amarone
ascend the throne
chaperone
cicerone
crone
deoxycorticosterone
dethrone
enthrone
estrone
Gaborone
irone
krone
ladrone
madrone
minestrone
neurone
padrone
perone
speech from the throne
Squadrone

Synonyms and antonyms of corticosterone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «corticosterone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORTICOSTERONE

Find out the translation of corticosterone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of corticosterone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «corticosterone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

皮质酮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corticosterona
570 millions of speakers

English

corticosterone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

corticosterone
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كورتيزون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кортикостерона
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corticosterona
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

corticosterone
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corticostérone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kortikosteron
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Corticosteron
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コルチコステロン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코르티 코스 테론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kortikosteron
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

corticosterone
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

corticosterone
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉर्टिकोस्टेरॉन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kortikosteron
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corticosterone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kortykosteronu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кортикостерону
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corticosteron
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κορτικοστερόνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

corticosteron
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kortikosteron
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

corticosterone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of corticosterone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORTICOSTERONE»

The term «corticosterone» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.442 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORTICOSTERONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about corticosterone

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORTICOSTERONE»

Discover the use of corticosterone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to corticosterone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Role of Corticosterone-sensitive Organic Cation ...
Na Feng. consistent with the hypothesis that OCTs in the MH play an important role in the regulation of serotonergic neurotransmission and specific behavioral responses. Because the MH plays an important role in the neuroendocrine, ...
Na Feng, 2008
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Biology of Aggression
In response to winning territorial encounters on the previous day, the nonterritorial males display elevated plasma corticosterone and depressed plasma testosterone levels. In contrast, the territorial males show no change in plasma hormone ...
Randy J. Nelson Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences Ohio State University, 2005
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Effects of Corticosterone on Maternal Behaviour: Roles of ...
In the first series of experiments, the effects of adrenalectomy and corticosterone on maternal behavior in postpartum rats and sensitized and hormonally-primed virgin rats were investigated.
Stephanie Lauranne Rees, 2006
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Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals
In adult rats, serum corticosterone levels are significantly higher in females than in males. In mice, 18-day female fetuses have significantly higher corticosterone levels than male fetuses, though the corticosterone content of the adrenal is ...
Jiro J. Kaneko, John W. Harvey, Michael Bruss, 1997
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Sturkie's Avian Physiology
circulating corticosterone in birds (also see Chapter 21). First, the visual suprachiasmatic nucleus exhibits circadian rhythmicity of melatonin binding (Lu and Cassone, 1993). Second, the night rise in melatonin is associated with a coordinated ...
G. Causey Whittow, 1999
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Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles
These observations indicate that the suppressive effects of corticosterone on neuronal processing of sensory stimuli may underlie the ability of this inter renal gland steroid to inhibit reproductive behavior. Perhaps one of the more important  ...
Shlomo Melmed, Michael Conn, 2007
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Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology
We expressed the diagnostic question of whether captive kiwi are stressed as a physiological question: What are the magnitude and duration of the corticosterone response to handling in kiwi in indoor nocturnal houses, outdoor pens, and a ...
Malcolm S. Gordon, Soraya M. Bartol, 2004
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Conservation of Endangered Species in Captivity: An ...
Corticosterone is the primary stress related hormone produced by birds (Siegel, 1971; Deviche, 1983). The stress induced by the reproductive effort may be related to some changes in corticosterone levels (Deviche, 1983; Mallick and Sarkar, ...
Edward F. Gibbons, Barbara Susan Durrant, Jack Demarest, 1995
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Handbook of Stress and the Brain Part 2: Stress: Integrative ...
Possible role of hypersensitivity to corticosterone in drug effects Despite many examples of a positive relationship between corticosterone levels and drug effects, increased circulating levels of glucocorticoids cannot always explain increased ...
Thomas Steckler, N.H. Kalin, J.M.H.M. Reul, 2005
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Handbook of Stress and the Brain: Stress: integrative and ...
Possible role of hypersensitivity to corticosteroid in drug effects Despite many examples of a positive relationship between corticosterone levels and drug effects, increased circulating levels of glucocorticoids cannot always explain increased ...
T. Steckler, N. H. Kalin, J. M. H. M. Reul, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORTICOSTERONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term corticosterone is used in the context of the following news items.
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Loss-of-function variants in HIVEP2 are a cause of intellectual …
When presented with novel situations, HIVEP2-knockout mice exhibit increased anxiety, accompanied by higher stress-induced corticosterone ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Corticosterone levels in bird eggs corrected by LC/MS, revealing …
The variation of corticosterone levels in bird eggs has been measured by LC/MS, correcting the gross overestimations of immunoassays and ... «spectroscopyNOW.com, Jul 15»
3
Early exposure to cat urine makes mice less likely to escape
"In fact, mice that had experienced the odour showed stress response (elevated corticosterone) to cat odours in the same way as controls," ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
4
Angelica gigas ameliorate depression-like symptoms in rats …
Repeated injection of corticosterone (CORT) induces dysregulation in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, resulting in depression. «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
5
Keep your friends close – It may be good for your health
The HPA axis is responsible for the release of important hormones called glucocorticoids – cortisol in humans and corticosterone in rodents. «ScienceBlog.com, Jun 15»
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Therapeutic antidepressant potential of a conjugated siRNA …
Corticosterone (Cortico, Sigma-Aldrich, Madrid, Spain) was dissolved in commercial mineral water and brought to a pH 7.0–7.4 with HCl. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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What Happens to Your Body When You Go on an Extreme Diet
... even if it contains an adequate supply of carbohydrates, increases your brain's levels of the stress hormone corticosterone, making your brain ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jun 15»
8
Adapt to Stress Naturally with These Power Herbs
In fact, in scientific studies, ashwagandha has been shown to reduce corticosterone levels and increase antioxidant activity. The result – less ... «ProHealth, Jun 15»
9
Mitochondria-focused gene expression profile reveals common …
... (2) enhanced plasma corticosterone for several days, indicating a compromised hypothalamopituitary axis; and (3) retarded body weight gain ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
10
Backpack geolocators no apparent burden for migrating songbirds
In order to test whether the devices were harming the birds, Fairhurst decided to look at the birds' hormone levels. Corticosterone is a hormone ... «CBC.ca, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Corticosterone [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/corticosterone>. Apr 2024 ».
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