corticosteroid

Other forms of corticosteroid

plural

corticosteroids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about corticosteroid

What does corticosteroid mean?

corticosteroid means "a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response".

How many syllables are in corticosteroid?

corticosteroid has 5 syllables: cor-ti-co-ster-oid. The stress falls on "ster". In IPA it is /ˌkɔɹtɪkoʊˈstɛˌɹɔɪd/.

What is another word for corticosteroid?

Close synonyms include corticoid, adrenal cortical steroid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is corticosteroid a common word?

corticosteroid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with corticosteroid?

1 word rhymes with corticosteroid. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.