different between steroid vs secosteroid
steroid
English
Etymology
sterol +? -oid
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??d
- IPA(key): /?st????d/, /?st?????d/
Noun
steroid (plural steroids)
- (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.
- (bodybuilding, sports) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:steroid
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- destroi, doiters, editors, oestrid, ostreid, roisted, sortied, storied, tie rods, tierods, triodes
Czech
Noun
steroid m
- steroid
Further reading
- steroid in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
- steroid in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
- steroid in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Romanian
Etymology
From French stéroïde
Noun
steroid m (plural steroizi)
- steroid
Declension
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secosteroid
English
Etymology
(L. seco, "to cut")
Pronunciation
- sek'?-st?r'oyd
- Hyphenation: Sec?o?ster?oid
Noun
secosteroid (plural secosteroids)
- (organic chemistry) Any of the subclass of many terpenoid compounds of the tetracyclic steroid class that are structural relatives bearing a cleavage of one of the four rings of that parent class. The prototypical secosteroid is cholecalciferol, vitamin D3
Related terms
- secosteroidal
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