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roid
  1. (bodybuilding, slang) Anabolic steroids.
  2. (sports, slang) Illegal and/or banned performance-enhancing steroids used by athletes and others.
  3. (vulgar, slang) Hemorrhoids.
  4. Examples:
    1. “I'm on steroids, and one of the side effects is called roid rage.”
      “Everybody saw Clemens, heaving a splintered bat at Mike Piazza in the 2000 World Series, looking for all the world like a man on roid rage.”
      “You don't need roid rage when you have testosterone and God roiling through your system.”
steroid
  1. (bodybuilding) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth.
  2. (sports, US) Any chemical compound used to enhance athletic performance.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The steroid is administered intravenously in a dosage of 1 to 2 mg per kg every six to 12 hours.”
      “Aldosterone, a steroid hormone produced in the outer layer of the adrenal cortex, promotes renal sodium retention and potassium loss.”
      “Treatment includes long term medication such as steroid, dietary adaptation, lifestyle adaptation and surgery.”
sterol
  1. (biochemistry) Any member of a class of steroids containing a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring; they are found in all animal and plant tissue and play an important role in hormone chemistry.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This treatment also abolished DNA synthesis and blastogenesis which otherwise followed the peak of sterol synthesis.”
      “To prepare multilamellar lipid dispersions, aliquots of CHCl 3 stock solutions of phospholipid and sterol were mixed in the appropriate quantities.”
      “The insects, certain mollusks, annelids, and some protozoa do not synthesize cholesterol but must obtain it, or a related sterol, in their diets.”
sterolin
  1. (biochemistry) Either of two proteins (and associated genes) that regulate sterol absorption and excretion
steroidphobia
  1. (medicine) The fear of using therapeutic steroids, often caused by concerns of their side effects.
steroidogenesis
  1. (biochemistry) The process of steroid (hormone) production in living organisms.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Therefore, in addition to pituitary adrenocorticotropin, there are other extrapituitary factors regulating adrenal steroidogenesis in septic shock.”
      “GnRH agonists induce a hypoestrogenic state by inhibiting ovarian steroidogenesis.”
      “Both OS-NAs and C-NAs significantly induced the expression of several genes involved in steroidogenesis.”
steroidomics
  1. (biochemistry) The study of the steroidome of an organism or cell
steroidome
  1. (biochemistry) The set of all steroids in a cell or organism
sterolome
  1. (biochemistry) The set of all sterols in a cell or organism
steroidogeneses
  1. plural of steroidogenesis
steroidomes
  1. plural of steroidome
sterolomes
  1. plural of sterolome
sterolins
  1. plural of sterolin
steroids
  1. plural of steroid
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He had Addison's disease, a failure of the adrenal glands, and needed daily cortisone shots and dangerous steroids in order to combat it.”
      “The hormone from the pituitary gland that prompts the adrenals to produce steroids is called adrenocorticotropic hormone.”
      “As she got off the plane in Belgium, she was accosted by reporters asking if she was taking anabolic steroids.”
sterols
  1. plural of sterol
  2. Examples:
    1. “None of the sterols tested at this level induced cytotoxicity as measured by lactic dehydrogenase release.”
      “Small amounts of plant sterols occur naturally in pine trees and foods like soybeans, nuts, grains, and oils.”
      “They oxidize diverse substrates such as membrane sterols, lignin, and cutin as well as hormones.”
roids
  1. plural of roid
  2. Examples:
    1. “Still, the robot is pretty impressive, though we think he needs to get on some roids before he can start hitting those homeruns.”
      “Bryan thought Sylvia's excuse for using roids, that he wanted to physically look better, was dumb.”
      “Most of the pros and big-time athletes that were doing juice were monitored by a doctor at some point and had some clean roids to use.”
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