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Definition of: corticosterone
(kôr′ti·kos′tə·rōn) noun Biochem.
One of a group of steroids, C21H30O4, occurring in, and closely associated with the proper functioning of, the adrenal cortex. [<cortico- (<L cortex, -icis) + STER(OID) + (HORM)ONE]
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