steroid

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 or athletic performance.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:steroid

Translations

 * Catalan: esteroide
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 類固醇, 甾
 * Mandarin:, , 甾體
 * Czech: steroid
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: सांद्राभ
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: steri
 * Irish: stéaróideach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ステロイド
 * Kazakh: стероид
 * Khmer: ស្តេរ៉ូអ៊ីត
 * Korean: 스테로이드
 * Kyrgyz: стероид
 * Maori: pūtaiaki
 * Persian: استروئید
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: esteroide
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: steroid
 * Ukrainian: стеро́їд
 * Vietnamese: xteoit
 * Welsh: steroid

Etymology
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Noun

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