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hydrocortisone (hī'drəkôr`tĭzōn'), another name for the steroid hormone cortisol cortisol (kôr`tĭsôl') or hydrocortisone,
..... Click the link for more information. , more especially used to refer to preparations of this hormone used medicinally. Hydrocortisone, introduced in 1952, is more potent than cortisone cortisone (kôr`tĭsōn'), steroid hormone whose main physiological effect is on carbohydrate metabolism.
..... Click the link for more information. with respect to medicinal metabolic and anti-inflammatory effects. Like cortisone, it is used to treat Addison's disease Addison's disease [for Thomas Addison ], progressive disease brought about by atrophy of the outer layer, or cortex, of the adrenal gland ; it is also called chronic adrenocortical insufficiency.
..... Click the link for more information. , inflammatory and rheumatoid diseases, and allergies. Low-potency hydrocortisone, available over the counter, is used to treat skin irritations. See also corticosteroid drug corticosteroid drug (kôr'təkōstâr`oid)
..... Click the link for more information. ; steroids steroids, class of lipids having a particular molecular ring structure called the cyclopentanoperhydro-phenanthrene ring system. Steroids differ from one another in the structure of various side chains and additional rings.
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