corticosterone
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.81 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A corticosteroid hormone, produced in the adrenal glands, involved in metabolism.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "“The brain doesn’t get the rest it needs, resulting in a drop in executive function and accompanied by an increase in corticosterone levels.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder. English cortico- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) French cholestérine French cholestérolbor. English cholesterol English sterol German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English -sterone English corticosterone From cortico- + -sterone.