"steroid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/, /ˈstɪəɹɔɪd/ Audio: en-us-steroid.ogg [US] Forms: steroids [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪd Etymology: sterol + -oid Etymology templates: {{affix|en|sterol|-oid}} sterol + -oid Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Organic compounds, Steroids Translations (class of organic compounds): esteroide [masculine] (Catalan), 類固醇 (Chinese Cantonese), 类固醇 (leoi⁶ gu³ seon⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), (zoi¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 類固醇 (Chinese Mandarin), 类固醇 (lèigùchún) (Chinese Mandarin), (zāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 甾體 (Chinese Mandarin), 甾体 (zāitǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), steroid [masculine] (Czech), steroidi (Finnish), stéroïde [masculine] (French), Steroid [neuter] (German), στεροειδές (steroeidés) [neuter] (Greek), सांद्राभ (sāndrābh) (Hindi), szteroid (Hungarian), steri [masculine] (Icelandic), stéaróideach [masculine] (Irish), steroide [masculine] (Italian), ステロイド (suteroido) (Japanese), стероид (steroid) (Kazakh), ស្តេរ៉ូអ៊ីត (steerouʼiit) (Khmer), 스테로이드 (seuteroideu) (Korean), стероид (steroid) (Kyrgyz), pūtaiaki (Maori), استروئید (estero'id) (Persian), steroid [masculine] (Polish), esteroide [masculine] (Portuguese), steroid [masculine] (Romanian), стеро́ид (steróid) [masculine] (Russian), esteroide [masculine] (Spanish), steroid (Swedish), steroid (Turkish), стеро́їд (sterójid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), xteoit (Vietnamese), steroid [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-steroid-en-noun-xNSfYxax Disambiguation of Steroids: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -oid Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 58 42 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'class of organic compounds': 88 12
  2. (bodybuilding, sports) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance. Categories (topical): Bodybuilding, Sports
    Sense id: en-steroid-en-noun-PaxXVvOq Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: steroid Related terms: hormone, :Category:Steroids

Inflected forms

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