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Cortisone vs Steroids - What's the difference?

cortisone | steroids |

As nouns the difference between cortisone and steroids

is that cortisone is a corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5 while steroids is plural of lang=en.

cortisone

English

(wikipedia cortisone)

Noun

(-)
  • (steroid hormone) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.

    • steroids

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * on steroids