cortisol

See also: Cortisol and cortiçol

English

Etymology

From cortisone +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.tɪ.sɒl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.tɪˌsɔl/

Noun

cortisol (countable and uncountable, plural cortisols)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) A glucocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that mediates various metabolic processes (such as gluconeogenesis), has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, and whose levels in the blood may become elevated in response to physical or psychological stress. When used medicinally it is known as hydrocortisone.
   • 2006, Marcus Lira Brandão, Frederico Guilherme Graeff, Neurobiology of Mental Disorders, page 36:

     There is experimental evidence showing that cortisol restrains the intensity and duration of the emergency reaction to stress, and catecholamines have been shown to enhance emotional memory in the amygdala (see subsection on "Noradrenaline"). Thus, individuals lacking cortisol would overstore traumatic memories .

   • 2024 October 17, Sandee LaMotte, “Stress and ‘moon face’: What experts say about this TikTok trend”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “While chronic stress can lead to increased levels of cortisol in the body, those levels don’t usually rise high enough to create a moon face,” said dermatologist Dr. Rajani Katta, a clinical assistant professor at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Derived terms

• anticortisol
• cortisolemia
• deoxycortisol
• epicortisol
• hypocortisolism
• tixocortol

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: cortisol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮質醇 / 皮质醇 (zh) (pízhìchún)

• Czech: kortizol (cs) m
• Finnish: kortisoli
• French: cortisol (fr) m
• German: Cortisol (de) n
• Italian: cortisolo (it) m
• Polish: kortyzol (pl) m
• Portuguese: cortisol (pt) m
• Russian: кортизол (ru) m (kortizol)
• Slovak: kortizol m
• Spanish: cortisol (es) m
• Swedish: kortisol (sv)

Anagrams

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Portuguese

Etymology

Blend of cortisona +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koh.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koh.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koɾ.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koχ.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/ [koɻ.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tiˈzɔl/ [kuɾ.tiˈzɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tiˈzɔl/ [kuɾ.tiˈzɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.tiˈzɔ.li/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔw, (Portugal) -ɔl
• Hyphenation: cor‧ti‧sol

Noun

cortisol m (plural cortisóis)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) cortisol (Steroid hormone (C21H30O5) secreted by the adrenal cortex or obtained synthetically, used for medicinal purposes mainly for its anti-inflammatory effects.)

Related terms

• cortiçol

See also

• córtex

Further reading

• “cortisol”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cortisol” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cortisol”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cortisol”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cortisol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾtiˈsol/ [koɾ.t̪iˈsol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: cor‧ti‧sol

Noun

cortisol m (plural cortisoles)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) cortisol

   Synonym: hidrocortisona

Further reading

• “cortisol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10