See Also: cortexone(medicine)

empight (iou) and cortexone (medicine)


empight (iou)



empight verb.Also impight. Pa. pple -pight. LME.
[from EM-1, IM-1 + pight (see PITCH verb2).]
verb trans. Implant, fix in. Only as empight pa. pple. LME-M18.
verb intrans. Become fixed. Only in L16.

cortexone (medicine)


cortexone -->
deoxycorticosterone


11-Deoxycorticosterone; 21-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione;an adrenocortical steroid, principally a biosynthetic precursor of corticosterone and possibly aldosterone, that rarely appears in adrenocortical secretions; a potent mineralocorticoid with no appreciable glucocorticoid activity.

Synonym: 21-hydroxyprogesterone, cortexone, deoxycortone, desoxycortone.

Deoxycorticosterone acetate, desoxycorticosterone acetate;acetate salt used for intramuscular injection for replacement therapy of the adrenocortical steroid.

Deoxycorticosterone pivalate, desoxycorticosterone pivalate;pivalate salt of the steroid.