Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun glucocorticoid

1 sense of glucocorticoid

Sense 1
glucocorticoid -- (a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity)
       => hormone, endocrine, internal secretion -- (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)
       => corticosteroid, corticoid, adrenal cortical steroid -- (a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response; "adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions")