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Definitions of steroid
  1. noun
    any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs
  2. noun
    any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects
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  • des synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
  • pluto a large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun; it has an elliptical orbit
  • cholesterol an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
  • cortisone a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone
  • estrogen a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
  • advil a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
  • ibuprofen a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
  • vesta the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
  • oestrogen a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
  • glucocorticoid a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity
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