steroid

== English == === Etymology === From sterol + -oid. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔɪd IPA(key): /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/, /ˈstɪəɹɔɪd/ === Noun === steroid (plural steroids) (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds having a structure of seventeen 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, sports) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance. ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:steroid ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === destroi, oestrid, roisted, trideos, editors, ostreid, triodes, tie rods, sortied, doiters, tierods, storied == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈstɛroɪt] === Noun === steroid m inan steroid ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “steroid”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “steroid”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “steroid”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995 == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English steroid. Doublet of steryd. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɛˈrɔ.it/ Rhymes: -ɔit Syllabification: ste‧ro‧id === Noun === steroid m inan (related adjective steroidowy) (biochemistry) steroid (class of organic compounds) Synonym: steryd (bodybuilding) steroid (any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance) Synonym: steryd ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “steroid”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “steroid”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French stéroïde. === Noun === steroid m (plural steroizi) steroid ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === steroid c (usually in the plural) a steroid ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== anabol steroid (“anabolic steroid”) === References === “steroid”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “steroid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “steroid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Etymology === From French stéroïde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /s(i)te.ɾo.it/ === Noun === steroid (definite accusative steroidi, plural steroidler) steroid ==== Declension ====