See Also: pucker(2)(dictionary)
pucker(medicine)
pucker(1)(dictionary)
pucker(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
medicine(dictionary)
medicine(1)(dictionary)
medicine(2)(dictionary)

17-hydroxycorticosteroids (medicine) and pucker (oh)


17-hydroxycorticosteroids (medicine)


17-hydroxycorticosteroids
<biochemistry> A urine test which measures the amount of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids. A fraction of cortisol is metabolised to 17-hydroxycorticosteroids and excreted in the urine.

Conditions that result in increased serum cortisol (Cushing's syndrome and Cushing's disease) will result in elevations in 17-hydroxycorticosteroid levels in the urine.


pucker (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from poke 'bag' (13-20 centuries), from Old North French; POCKET1]
[I and T] if part of your face puckers, or if you pucker it, it becomes tight or stretched, for example because you are going to cry or kiss someone
::Her mouth puckered, and she started to cry.
[I] if cloth puckers, it gets lines or folds in it and is no longer flat
-- pucker n [C]
-- puckered adj