Definition
A steroid hormone produced by the body that reduces inflammation and manages stress, or a medication made from this hormone.
Etymology
From 'cortex' (outer layer, specifically of the adrenal gland) plus the chemical suffix '-one.' Named for where it's naturally produced in the body.
Kelly Says
Cortisone was such a miraculous discovery that the researchers won a Nobel Prize—it suddenly made treating rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions possible when nothing else worked!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ኮርቲሶን
ko-or-ti-so-n
ARالعربية
الكورتيزون
al-kur-tee-zoon
BNবাংলা
কর্টিসন
kor-ti-son
CACatalà
cortisona
kor-tee-so-na
CSČeština
kortizol
kor-ti-zol
DADansk
cortison
kor-ti-son
DEDeutsch
Cortison
kor-tee-sohn
ELΕλληνικά
κορτιζόνη
kor-ti-zo-ni
ESEspañol
cortisona
kor-tee-SO-na
FAفارسی
کورتیزون
kor-ti-zoon
FISuomi
kortisoni
kor-ti-so-ni
FRFrançais
cortisone
kor-tee-sohn
GUGU
કોર્ટિસોન
kor-ti-so-n
HEעברית
קורטיזון
kor-ti-zon
HIहिन्दी
कोर्टिसोन
kor-tee-sohn
HUMagyar
kortizol
kor-ti-zol
IDBahasa Indonesia
kortison
kor-ti-son
ITItaliano
cortisone
kor-tee-sohn
KMKM
កុរតីសូន
kor-tee-sohn
MRMR
कोर्टिसॉन
kor-tee-sohn
MSBahasa Melayu
korteson
kor-te-son
MYမြန်မာ
ကော tärke
ka-awr-tee-sohn
NLNederlands
cortison
kor-tee-son
NONorsk
cortison
kor-ti-son
PAPA
ਕੋਰਟੀਸੋਨ
kor-tee-sohn
PLPolski
kortyzol
kor-ti-zol
PTPortuguês
cortisona
kor-tee-SO-na
RORomână
cortizol
kor-ti-zol
RUРусский
кортизон
kor-ti-zon
SVSvenska
cortison
kor-ti-son
SWKiswahili
kortizon
kor-ti-zon
TAதமிழ்
கார்டிசோன்
ka-ar-ti-so-n
TEతెలుగు
కార్టిసోన్
ka-ar-ti-so-n
THไทย
คอร์ติสोन
kor-tee-sohn
TRTürkçe
kortizon
kor-tee-zon
UKУкраїнська
кортизон
kor-ti-zon
URاردو
کورٹيزون
kor-ti-zoon
VITiếng Việt
cortizon
kor-tee-zon