1949, coined by its discoverer, Dr. Edward C. Kendall, shortening of chemical name, 17-hydroxy-11 dehydrocorticosterone, ultimately from Latin corticis (genitive of cortex; see cortex). So called because it was obtained from the "cortex" of adrenal glands; originally called Compound E (1936).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. If the cortisone doesn't take, I may have to have surgery.
如果可的松無(wú)效，我恐怕只能動(dòng)手術(shù)了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. There was never any outcry about that because cortisone is legal.
從沒(méi)有人對(duì)此提出抗議,因?yàn)榭傻乃墒呛戏ǖ?
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Cortisone should never be used as It'suppresses the immune system of an already compromised animal.