(n) a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone, Syn. Cortone Acetate
(n) an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism, Syn. Cortef, cortisol, Hydrocortone
(n) Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904), Syn. Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Henry M. Stanley, John Rowlands