dehydrocorticosterone

noun

de·hy·dro·corticosterone | \ (ˌ)dēˌhīdrō+\

Definition of dehydrocorticosterone

: a crystalline triketone C₂₁H₂₈O₄ extracted from the adrenal cortex and also made synthetically

— called also 11-dehydrocorticosterone

— see cortisone

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