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steroid

English

Etymology

sterol +? -oid

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??d
  • IPA(key): /?st????d/, /?st?????d/

Noun

steroid (plural steroids)

  1. (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.
  2. (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

  1. 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)

  1. steroid

Declension

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sterols

English

Noun

sterols

  1. plural of sterol

Anagrams

  • ostlers, reslots, rostels, torsels

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