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fludrocortisone

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fludrocortisone /flu·dro·cor·ti·sone/ (floo″dro-kor´tĭ-sōn) a synthetic adrenal corticoid with effects similar to those of hydrocortisone and desoxycorticosterone, administered as the acetate salt.
fludrocortisone [floo″dro-kor´tĭ-sōn]
a synthetic steroid with potent mineralocorticoid and high glucocorticoid activity, used as the acetate salt in replacement therapy for primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency in addison's disease and for the treatment of salt-losing syndrome and adrenogenital syndrome.
fludrocortisone
a synthetic adrenal corticoid with effects similar to those of hydrocortisone and desoxycorticosterone. Used as an acetate.
fludrocortisone
Endocrinology A synthetic steroid used to replace steroids normally produced by the adrenal gland, when the gland is structurally or functionally compromised
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