English
Etymology
From mineral + -o- + corticoid.
Noun
mineralocorticoid (plural mineralocorticoids)
- (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.
2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E. Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, page 1301:Severely undervirilized males may have normal mineralocorticoid activity; fully masculinized males may display salt loss.
Derived terms
Translations
type of steroid hormone
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鹽皮質激素 / 盐皮质激素 (yánpízhìjīsù)
- Finnish: mineralokortikoidi
- German: Mineralocorticoid n, Mineralokortikoide n
- Greek: αλατοκορτικοειδή (el) n pl (alatokortikoeidí)
- Japanese: 鉱質コルチコイド (こうしつコルチコイド, kōshitsu koruchikoido), 電解質コルチコイド (でんかいしつコルチコイド, tenkaishitsu koruchikoido), ミネラロコルチコイド (minerarokoruchikoido), ミネラルコルチコイド (monerarukoruchikoido)
- Kazakh: минералокортикоид (mineralokortikoid)
- Korean: 무기질코르티코이드 (mugijilkoreutikoideu), 미네랄코르티코이드 (mineralkoreutikoideu)
- Kyrgyz: минералокортикоид (mineralokortikoid)
- Russian: минералокортико́ид (ru) m (mineralokortikóid)
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