Definition
cortin
noun
- A hormone or mixture of hormones produced by the adrenal cortex, especially cortisone or related glucocorticoids.
Usage: medical/scientific; often used in older medical literature; modern usage typically specifies individual hormones like cortisol or cortisone
Examples
- The researchers isolated cortin from adrenal tissue in the 1930s.
- Cortin was one of the first hormones extracted from the adrenal gland.
- Early studies showed that cortin had anti-inflammatory properties.
- The discovery of cortin helped scientists understand adrenal function.