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Corticosteroid vs Methasone - What's the difference?

corticosteroid | methasone |

As nouns the difference between corticosteroid and methasone

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 methasone is (medicine) any of a group of closely-related corticosteroids used as an anti-inflammatory.

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

    methasone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any of a group of closely-related corticosteroids used as an anti-inflammatory