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plural mineralocorticoids
(biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism. quotations examples
Severely undervirilized males may have normal mineralocorticoid activity; fully masculinized males may display salt loss.
2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E. Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, page 1301