steroid

English

Etymology

sterol +‎ -oid

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪd
• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/, /ˈstɪəɹɔɪd/

• Audio (US):

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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) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth.
3. (sports, US) Any chemical compound used to enhance athletic performance.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:steroid

Derived terms

• aminosteroid
• anabolic steroid
• antisteroid
• azasteroid
• corticosteroid
• cyclosteroid
• furanosteroid
• hydroxysteroid
• isosteroid
• ketosteroid
• neuroactive steroid
• neurosteroid
• nonsteroid
• norsteroid
• oxosteroid
• phytosteroid
• poststeroid
• roid
• secosteroid
• steroidal
• steroidally
• steroidlike
• steroidogenesis
• steroidogenetic
• steroidogenic
• steroidome
• steroidphobia

 

Translations

class of organic compounds

• Catalan: esteroide m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 類固醇／类固醇 (leoi⁶ gu³ seon⁴), 类固醇 (leoi⁶ gu³ seon⁴), 甾 (zoi¹)

  Mandarin: 類固醇／类固醇 (zh) (lèigùchún), 类固醇 (zh) (lèigùchún), 甾 (zh) (zāi)

• Czech: steroid m
• Finnish: steroidi (fi)
• French: stéroïde (fr) m
• German: Steroid (de) n
• Greek: στεροειδές (el) n (steroeidés)
• Hindi: सांद्राभ (sāndrābh)
• Icelandic: steri m
• Irish: stéaróideach m
• Italian: steroide (it) m
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• Japanese: ステロイド (suteroido)
• Korean: 스테로이드 (seuteroideu)
• Persian: استروئید (estero'id)
• Polish: steroid (pl) m
• Portuguese: esteroide (pt) m
• Russian: стеро́ид (ru) m (steróid)
• Spanish: esteroide m
• Swedish: steroid (sv)
• Turkish: steroid
• Vietnamese: xteoit
• Welsh: steroid m

Anagrams

• destroi, editors, oestrid, ostreid, roisted, sortied, storied, tie rods, tierods, triodes

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Czech

Noun

1. steroid

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