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Corticosteroid vs Fluticasone - What's the difference?

corticosteroid | fluticasone |

As nouns the difference between corticosteroid and fluticasone

is that corticosteroid is (steroid hormone) any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems while fluticasone is (organic compound) a synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.

corticosteroid

English

(wikipedia corticosteroid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
  • (steroid, pharmacology) Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure.

    • Hyponyms

    * glucocorticoid * mineralocorticoid

    fluticasone

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia fluticasone)
  • (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.