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14751417-n:
a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
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14752511-n:
a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance
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05407119-n:
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
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05490983-n:
the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones
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13514314-n:
the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
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14650807-n:
a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
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14655371-n:
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
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15057744-n:
any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects
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