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cortisone (iou)



cortisone noun. M20.
[from 17-hydroxy-11-dehydroxycorticosterone, chemical name: see CORTICOSTERONE.]
A steroid hormone, C21H28O5, produced in the adrenal cortex and made synthetically, that is used as an anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy agent.