Usually means: Hormones derived from cholesterol structure.
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  1. steroid: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. steroid: Merriam-Webster
  3. steroid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. steroid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. steroid: Collins English Dictionary
  6. steroid: Vocabulary.com
  7. Steroid, steroid: Wordnik
  8. steroid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. steroid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. steroid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. steroid: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. steroid: Dictionary.com
  13. steroid: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. steroid: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Steroid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. steroid: Rhymezone
  17. Steroid (nt), steroid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. steroid: FreeDictionary.org
  19. steroid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. steroid: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. steroid: Wiktionary

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  1. Steroid: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. steroid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. steroid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Steroid: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
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  8. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  9. steroid: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  10. steroid: Laser Eye Surgery
  11. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  12. steroid: Medical dictionary
  13. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Glossary (No longer online)
  14. Steroid: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  1. steroid: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. steroid: Urban Dictionary

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  2. Steroid: Beauty & Health Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (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.
noun:  (bodybuilding, sports) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance.

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