steroid

English

Etymology

sterol +‎ -oid

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔɪd
IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/, /ˈstɪəɹɔɪd/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

steroid (plural steroids)

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

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:steroid

Derived terms

Terms derived from steroid

Translations

class of organic compounds

Catalan: esteroide m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 類固醇, 类固醇 (leoi⁶ gu³ seon⁴), 甾 (zoi¹)

Mandarin: 類固醇 (zh), 类固醇 (zh) (lèigùchún), 甾 (zh) (zāi)
Finnish: steroidi (fi)
French: stéroïde (fr) m
German: Steroid (de) n
Greek: στεροειδές (el) n (steroeidés)
Hindi: सांद्राभ (sAndrAbh)
Icelandic: steri m
Irish: stéaróideach m
Italian: steroide (it) m

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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