Cortisol: A test to measure the level of cortisol hormone in the blood which may signal adrenal or pituitary gland problems.
Cortisol: The principal glucocorticoid produced by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex. It promotes gluconeogenesis and lipolysis, suppresses protein synthesis, inhibits inflammatory and immune responses, and has mild mineralocorticoid (e.g., hypernatremic, kaliureteric, antidiuretic) effects. Most plasma cortisol is bound to transcortin and albumin. Synthetic cortisol administered as a drug is usually known by the alternative name hydrocortisone.
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Cortisol: A synthetic or semisynthetic analog of hydrocortisone with glucocorticoid and some mineralocorticoid activities. As a glucocorticoid receptor agonist, therapeutic hydrocortisone promotes protein catabolism gluconeogenesis, capillary wall stability, renal excretion of calcium, and suppresses immune and inflammatory responses. (NCI04)
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Cortisol: main glucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex; its synthetic counterpart is used, either as an injection or topically, in the treatment of inflammation, allergy, collagen diseases, asthma, adrenocortical deficiency, shock, and some neoplastic conditions.
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Cortisol (organ): Cortisol is a steroid and a glucocorticoids, one type of adrenal cortical hormone. Cortisol is a chemical substance produced and secreted by the adrenal cortex that helps to regulate metabolism and also has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy effects. The effects of cortisol include increasing the use of fats and proteins for energy, decreasing the use of glucose for energy. It also has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy effects and can depress the immune response.
Conditions that can afflict cortisol include Addison's disease, Cushing's syndrome, adrenal tumors, adrenal cancer, and trauma.
Cortisol (organ): See Cortisol (organ information).
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