ADRENOCORTICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adrenocortical mean? 

• ADRENOCORTICAL (adjective)
  The adjective ADRENOCORTICAL has 1 sense:

1. of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands

  Familiarity information: ADRENOCORTICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADRENOCORTICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

adrenal cortex (the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones)

 Context examples 

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of less than or equal to twenty five percent of clear or vacuolated cells that resemble the normal zona fasciculata in adrenocortical tumors.

(Cytoplasm Presence of Less than or Equal to Twenty Five Percent, NCI Thesaurus)

Diminished production of adrenocortical hormones due to autoimmune destruction of the adrenal glands.

(Addisons Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

It has been associated with several genetic disorders and different clinical conditions such as liver disease, excessive alcohol intake, adrenocortical steroid therapy, and antiretroviral therapy.

(Diffuse Lipomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

An anticancer drug used in treating adrenocortical cancer and ACTH-producing pituitary tumors (Cushing disease).

(Mitotane, NCI Dictionary)

Aberrant alterations in this region generate variant alleles that are associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Wilms tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, and lung, ovarian, and breast cancer.

(PHLDA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alterations in this region have been associated with the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Wilms tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, and lung, ovarian, and breast cancer.

(NUP98 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

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.

(Cortisol, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A syndrome caused by high levels of cortisol in the blood either due to excessive production and secretion of corticosteroids secondary to pituitary or adrenocortical neoplasms, or intake of glucocorticoid drugs.

(Cushing syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

An adrenocortical steroid that has modest but significant activities as a mineralocorticoid and a glucocorticoid.

(Corticosterone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Also called adrenocortical cancer and cancer of the adrenal cortex.

(Adrenocortical carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)