STEROID


Meaning of STEROID in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

anabolic steroid

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

anabolic

They were all later released after police dropped charges that they illegally imported anabolic steroids into the country.

Then we each knock back a fistful of anabolic steroids .

We will make it an offence to supply anabolic steroids to minors.

There is rampant use of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs among young athletes..

Between 1981 and 1988, he purchased anabolic steroids worth $ 215,101 from various pharmaceutical companies.

positive

Reynolds was banned from athletics for two years after testing positive for steroids .

■ VERB

prescribe

I've prescribed steroids freely in the past without thinking about the immunosuppressant effect.

take

One of the major side effects of taking steroids is a noticeable change in body structure, changes in features.

But he said Yates denied taking steroids and that there had been irregularities in the testing procedures.

test

Reynolds was banned from athletics for two years after testing positive for steroids .

use

Patients were allowed to use topical steroids and emollients as required.

They were advised to use topical steroids only on severely affected areas of skin, in accordance with our usual practice.

Most of these people use intramuscular steroids , although only one admits to having shared needles at any time.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

An added benefit is that rabbits are commonly raised without the use of hormones or steroids to promote growth.

Anabolic steroids, a controlled substance in the United States since 1988, are not detectable by drug-sniffing canines.

Apart from changes in the quantity applied, no changes in topical steroids were allowed during the trial or the preceding 4 weeks.

Both authors used steroids in an attempt to control the disease process, with some success.

In some patients, a course of steroids may be added to this drug.

Treatment has been started, just steroids for the moment.

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