Definition of steroid
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Examples of steroid in a Sentence
He was accused of taking steroids.
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Other common interventions include steroid injections into the knee.
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Wartman continues to take ruxolitinib to this day in combination with steroids.
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These can reduce painful inflammation, but if used repeatedly, steroids can speed the development of arthritis in the joint.
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Baseball doesn't need steroids to have entertaining players.
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Zasloff himself is moving into the clinic, treating Parkinson’s patients for constipation using a synthetic version of squalamine, a natural steroid made by the dogfish shark.
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Illnesses and deaths in 20 states were traced to the contaminated steroids.
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Other more permanent fillers, such as collagen fillers, can be removed surgically or with steroid injections.
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These behaviors include smoking, creatine supplements, resistance and weight training exercise, stress, and taking anabolic steroids or testosterone hormone replacement.
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Origin and Etymology of steroid
International Scientific Vocabulary sterol + -oid
STEROID Defined for English Language Learners
steroid
playDefinition of steroid for English Language Learners
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: a natural substance that is produced in the body
STEROID Defined for Kids
steroid
playDefinition of steroid for Students
: any of various chemical compounds that include many hormones (as anabolic steroids)
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of steroid
: any of numerous natural or synthetic compounds containing a 17-carbon 4-ring system and including the sterols and various hormones and glycosides—see anabolic steroid
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