STEROID


Meaning of STEROID in English

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary sterol + -oid Date: 1926 any of various compounds containing a 17-carbon 4-ring system and including the sterols and numerous hormones (as anabolic ~s or cortico~s) and glycosides, ~ or ~al adjective

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