See Also: cortexone(medicine)

aspect (oh) and cortexone (medicine)


aspect (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of aspicere 'to look at', from ad- 'to' + specere 'to look']
[C] one part of a situation, idea, plan etc that has many parts
aspect of
::Dealing with people is the most important aspect of my work.
::Alcoholism affects all aspects of family life.
[C] the direction in which a window, room, front of a building etc faces
::a south-facing aspect
[singular, U] literary the appearance of someone or something
::The storm outside gave the room a sinister aspect.
[U and C] technical the form of a verb in grammar that shows whether an action is continuing, or happens always, again and again, or once
::'He sings' differs from 'He is singing' in aspect.

cortexone (medicine)


cortexone -->
deoxycorticosterone


11-Deoxycorticosterone; 21-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione;an adrenocortical steroid, principally a biosynthetic precursor of corticosterone and possibly aldosterone, that rarely appears in adrenocortical secretions; a potent mineralocorticoid with no appreciable glucocorticoid activity.

Synonym: 21-hydroxyprogesterone, cortexone, deoxycortone, desoxycortone.

Deoxycorticosterone acetate, desoxycorticosterone acetate;acetate salt used for intramuscular injection for replacement therapy of the adrenocortical steroid.

Deoxycorticosterone pivalate, desoxycorticosterone pivalate;pivalate salt of the steroid.