steroid

From sterol + -oid.

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

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steroid (plural steroids)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds having a structure of seventeen 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, sports) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance.
   • 2018 June 25, James Roland, “What is Hypergonadism?”, in Healthline‎^[1]:

     Men may also have fertility challenges, especially if their hypogonadism was caused by anabolic steroid use. Anabolic steroids can affect testicular health, including reducing the production of sperm.

• See also Thesaurus:steroid

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɛroɪt]

steroid m inan

1. steroid

• “steroid”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “steroid”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “steroid”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Borrowed from English steroid. Doublet of steryd.

• IPA^(key): /stɛˈrɔ.it/

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• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: ste‧ro‧id

steroid m inan (related adjective steroidowy)

1. (biochemistry) steroid (class of organic compounds)

   Synonym: steryd

2. (bodybuilding) steroid (any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance)

   Synonym: steryd

• “steroid”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “steroid”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Borrowed from French stéroïde.

steroid m (plural steroizi)

1. steroid

steroid c

1. (usually in the plural) a steroid

• anabol steroid (“anabolic steroid”)

• “steroid”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “steroid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “steroid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

From French stéroïde.

• IPA^(key): /s(i)te.ɾo.it/

steroid (definite accusative steroidi, plural steroidler)

1. steroid