Term: cortisone: a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: chain tongs: a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes; an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: confabulation: (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: psychotic depression: a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: dunce cap: a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: laminaria: type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: sunni: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: aa: a dry form of lava resembling clinkers
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: schrodinger equation: the fundamental equation of wave mechanics
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: videocassette: a cassette for videotape
Broader: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | Unrelated: benzodiazepine: any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency