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ALDOSTERONE

Dictionary entry overview: What does aldosterone mean?

• ALDOSTERONE (noun)
The noun ALDOSTERONE has 1 sense:

1. a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance

Familiarity information: ALDOSTERONE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALDOSTERONE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("aldosterone" is a kind of...):

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

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