steroid
English
Etymology
sterol + -oid
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔɪd
- IPA(key): /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/, /ˈstɪəɹɔɪd/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
steroid (plural steroids)
- (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.
- (bodybuilding, sports) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or 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
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Anagrams
- destroi, doiters, editors, oestrid, ostreid, roisted, sortied, storied, tie rods, tierods, triodes
Czech
Noun
steroid m
- steroid
Further reading
- steroid in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- steroid in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 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)
- steroid
Declension
Declension of steroid
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) steroid | steroidul | (niște) steroizi | steroizii |
genitive/dative | (unui) steroid | steroidului | (unor) steroizi | steroizilor |
vocative | steroidule | steroizilor |
Turkish
Etymology
From French stéroïde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ste.ɾɔ.id/
Noun
steroid (definite accusative steroidi, plural steroidler)
- steroid
Declension
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | steroid | |
Definite accusative | steroidi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | steroid | steroidler |
Definite accusative | steroidi | steroidleri |
Dative | steroide | steroidlere |
Locative | steroidde | steroidlerde |
Ablative | steroidden | steroidlerden |
Genitive | steroidin | steroidlerin |