Cactus is not the only Latin-derived English word ending in âus, and most are conventionally pluralized in the English manner. Fungus, like cactus, often becomes fungi (though funguses is just as good), but this is one of the few exceptions.
The ACTH test (also called the cosyntropin, tetracosactide, or Synacthen test) is a medical test usually ordered and interpreted by endocrinologists to assess the functioning of the adrenal glands stress response by measuring the adrenal response to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; corticotropin) or another corticotropic agent such as ...
Corticosteroid is a synthetic or naturally occurring 21-carbon steroid structure substances with four fused rings and vary functional branches attached to the ring system. Cholesterol and steroid hormones have this carbon skeleton.ts chemical designation is 17alpha,21-Dihydroxy-1,4-pregnadiene-3,11,20-trione. It is used in replacement therapy for adrenal insufficiency and as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant in a wide variety of disorders and applied topically to the conjunctiva in the treatment of allergy and inflammation.