Steroid

Etymology
From sterol: + -oid:.

Noun

 * 1)  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)  Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth.
 * 3)  Any chemical compound used to enhance athletic performance.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:steroid

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 甾
 * Finnish:
 * French: stéroïde
 * German: Steroid
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: ステロイド


 * Korean: 스테로이드
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: esteróide
 * Russian: стероид
 * Spanish: esteroide
 * Turkish: steroid
 * Vietnamese: xteoit

Anagrams

 * destroi, editors, sortied, storied, triodes

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