Term: glucocorticoid: a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: buteo: broad-winged soaring hawks
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: gin: a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: apple of peru: coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: blamelessness: a state of innocence
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: expert witness: a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: spike: each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: belted kingfisher: greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: operations: financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: duckweed: any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: pallbearer: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral