Cortisone is a hormone, and also a medicine built on that hormone. Doctors have used it, especially in the past, to calm swelling and to treat things like arthritis — joints that are sore and inflamed.

Cortisone is是一種荷爾蒙 a hormone, and also也是 a medicine built on that hormone根據這種荷爾蒙做成的藥. Doctors have used it醫生用過它, especially in the past尤其是以前, to calm swelling來消腫 and to treat things like arthritis並治療像關節炎這類的問題 — joints that are sore and inflamed也就是又痠又發炎的關節.

In everyday talk in Taiwan, people often fold it into the larger group they just call 類固醇.

In everyday talk in Taiwan在台灣日常說法裡, people often fold it into the larger group大家常把它歸進比較大的一類, they just call 類固醇統稱為類固醇.

Though actually, in careful medical talk cortisone is one specific compound; cortisol is the main 'stress hormone' the adrenal glands send out, and a cream or a pill may contain a related medicine, not necessarily cortisone itself.

Though actually不過其實, in careful medical talk在嚴謹的醫學說法裡, cortisone is one specific compoundcortisone 是一種特定的化合物; cortisol is the main 'stress hormone'cortisol 才是主要的「壓力荷爾蒙」 the adrenal glands send out由腎上腺分泌出來的, and a cream or a pill而乳膏或藥丸 may contain a related medicine可能含有的是相關的藥物, not necessarily cortisone itself不一定就是 cortisone 本身.

The name is a shortened form of corticosterone, which points to the cortex of the adrenal gland — the outer layer that makes hormones of this type. It is a hospital-and-pharmacy word, not a casual one.

The name is a shortened form of corticosterone這個名字是 corticosterone 的縮寫, which points to the cortex of the adrenal gland指向腎上腺的皮質部 — the outer layer that makes hormones of this type也就是分泌這類荷爾蒙的外層. It is a hospital-and-pharmacy word這是醫院和藥局裡用的字, not a casual one不是輕鬆隨口說的字.