corticosteroid

noun2

1. •
   Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
2. •
   Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure.

   • Wúràọlá’s first patient was a man who had not noticed any significant improvement after a regimen of corticosteroids had been prescribed for his spondylosis. — 2023