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Meaning of deoxycortone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
diːˌɒk.sɪˈkɔː.təʊn

Definitions

UK form of desoxycortone.

UK, alt-of, uncountable

Examples

“In 1951, when many people, both patients and doctors, thought that the newly discovered cortisone of Philip Hench was the therapeutic answer to this disease but were for one reason or another unable to obtain it, a paper from Sweden stated that similar results could be obtained by injections of deoxycortone (Doca) and ascorbic acid.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

deoxycylindrospermopsin deoxycytidine deoxycytidyl deoxycytidylate deoxycytidylic acid deoxycytidyltransferase

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