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mineralocorticoid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: steroids

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: corticosteroid, corticoid, adrenal cortical steroid

Narrower terms: aldosterone

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English mineral Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English corticoid English mineralocorticoid From mineral + -o- + corticoid.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 鹽皮質激素 /盐皮质激素 (yánpízhìjīsù) — type of steroid hormone
  • Finnish: mineralokortikoidi — type of steroid hormone
  • German: Mineralocorticoid — type of steroid hormone
  • German: Mineralokortikoide — type of steroid hormone
  • Greek: αλατοκορτικοειδή (alatokortikoeidí) — type of steroid hormone
  • Japanese: 鉱質コルチコイド (kōshitsu koruchikoido) — type of steroid hormone
  • Japanese: 電解質コルチコイド (tenkaishitsu koruchikoido) — type of steroid hormone
  • Japanese: ミネラロコルチコイド (minerarokoruchikoido) — type of steroid hormone
  • Japanese: ミネラルコルチコイド (monerarukoruchikoido) — type of steroid hormone
  • Kazakh: минералокортикоид (mineralokortikoid) — type of steroid hormone
  • Korean: 무기질코르티코이드 (mugijilkoreutikoideu) — type of steroid hormone
  • Korean: 미네랄코르티코이드 (mineralkoreutikoideu) — type of steroid hormone
  • Kyrgyz: минералокортикоид (mineralokortikoid) — type of steroid hormone
  • Russian: минералокортико́ид (mineralokortikóid) — type of steroid hormone