"anabolic steroid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: anabolic steroids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} anabolic steroid (plural anabolic steroids)
  1. (biochemistry, steroids) A class of steroid hormones that promote growth of tissue. Wikipedia link: anabolic steroid Categories (topical): Hormones Synonyms: steroid [informal] Translations (class of steroid): 合成代謝類固醇 (Chinese Mandarin), 合成代谢类固醇 (héchéng dàixiè lèigùchún) (Chinese Mandarin), 同化激素 (tónghuà jīsù) (Chinese Mandarin), 促蛋白合成類固醇 (Chinese Mandarin), 促蛋白合成类固醇 (cùdànbái héchéng lèigùchún) (Chinese Mandarin), 同化類固醇 (Chinese Mandarin), 同化类固醇 (tónghuà lèigùchún) (Chinese Mandarin), anabolinen steroidi (Finnish), “anabole Steroide”) (note: anaboles Steroid n (often referred to in plural) (German), vefaukandi steri [masculine] (Icelandic), stéaróideach anabalach [masculine] (Irish), anabolik [masculine] (Polish), esteroide anabolizante [masculine] (Portuguese), esteroide anabólico [masculine] (Portuguese), steroid anabolizant [masculine] (Romanian), anabol steroid (note: often referred to in plural: “anabola steroider”) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-anabolic_steroid-en-noun-oNT1mouv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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