fludrocortisone
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Related to fludrocortisone: Midodrine, fludrocortisone acetate
flu·dro·cor·ti·sone
(flo͞o′drō-kôr′tĭ-sōn′, -zōn′)n.
A synthetic steroid, C21H29FO5, used in its acetate form to treat conditions such as Addison's disease that are characterized by insufficient production of adrenal hormones.
[Shortening of fluorohydrocortisone.]
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fludrocortisone
n fludrocortisonaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.