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"STEROIDS" is a plural of: steroid. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Drugs used to relieve swelling and inflammation. (references) |
Slang | Noun. Source: Derived from the effects of steroid drugs on the body. Definition: People who work out alot, bodybuilders, weight lifters, etc. Context: Referring to males who are really built up. Social Source: Artists. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: STEROIDSSynonym: Anabolic steroids. (additional references) |
Crosswords: STEROIDS |
| English words defined with "STEROIDS": Adolf Windaus, adrenal cortical steroid, anabolic ♦ corticoid, corticosteroid ♦ mineralocorticoid ♦ nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, NSAID ♦ Windaus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "STEROIDS": 17-Ketosteroids ♦ Affinity Labels, Agrochemicals, Androstanes ♦ Bufanolides ♦ Cardiotonic Agents, Cortisone Reductase ♦ dehydroepiandrosterone, DHEA ♦ Gonanes ♦ Homosteroids, Hydroxysteroids ♦ Mineralocorticoids, Synthetic ♦ Norsteroids ♦ Phosphoadenosine Phosphosulfate, Progesterone-Binding Globulin ♦ Receptors, LH, Receptors, sigma ♦ Secosteroids, Steroid 11 beta-Monooxygenase, Steroid 12-Monooxygenase, Steroid 17 alpha-Monooxygenase, Steroids, Brominated, Steroids, Chlorinated, Steroids, Fluorinated. (references) |
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Periodicals |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Don't Pump Trouble : Stay Away From Steroids. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Other nasal sprays contain steroids to combat congestion. (references) | |
Drug therapy, including steroids, may also reduce swelling. (references) | ||
In the female body, anabolic steroids cause masculinization. (references) | ||
Trade | Australia | Restricted items include drugs, steroids, weapons/firearms, heritage items, food, plants and animals, and protected wildlife. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "STEROIDS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.54% of the time. "STEROIDS" is used about 217 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.54% | 216 | 20,583 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.46% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 217 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "STEROIDS": adrenal steroids ♦ Anabolic Steroids. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anabolic steroids.com | 6 |
anabolic steroids.net | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "STEROIDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | steroid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سموم منشطة, ستيروييد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | steroidy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | steroider, steroid (steroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | steroide (steroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kortikosteroidi (adrenal steroids, corticosteroid, corticosteroids), kortikoidi (adrenal steroids, corticosteroid, corticosteroids). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stéroïde (steroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Steroide (steroid), Steroid (steroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στεροειδή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szteroidok. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | steroide (steroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eroidsstay esteróide (steroid). (various references) стероиды. (various references) steroidi. (various references) esteroide (steroid). (various references) steroider (steroid). (various references) steroidler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "STEROIDS": adrenocorticosteroids, asteroids, corticosteroids, ketosteroids, nonsteroids. (additional references) | |
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"STEROIDS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ctenoid, escharoides, Pterois, stearoid, stergid, steriod, steriods, sterooids, stiroids, Strouds, teroid, toroids. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "STEROIDS" (pronounced ste"roydz) |
| 4 | -r oy d z | fibroids. |
| 3 | -oy d z | ellipsoids, retinoids, tabloids. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-o-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: dissert, dossier, editors, rosiest, sorites, sortied, sorties, steroid, storied, stories, strides, triodes, trioses. | |
-2 letters: deists, desist, direst, dories, dosers, dosser, doters, dotier, driest, droits, editor, odists, osiers, resids, resist, resods, rioted, rosets, seisor, sister, sorest, sorted, sortie, stored, stores, stride, strode, todies, tories, torses, tossed, tosser, triode, triose, tsores, tsoris. | |
-3 letters: deist, diets. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-o-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: asteroids, diestrous, digestors, dissector, drossiest, drowsiest, missorted, outsiders, topsiders. | |
+2 letters: adroitness, courtsides, depositors, dermatosis, desertions, disorients, dissectors, distorters, dosimeters, dripstones, estradiols, intradoses, midstories, modernists, ostracised, outstrides, recordists, redeposits, sidestroke, sisterhood, subeditors, sudatories, torridness. | |
+3 letters: arthrodesis, coresidents, descriptors, desiccators, designators, desorptions, diarthroses, diatessaron, disconcerts, discounters, discourtesy, discretions, dissertator, dosimetries, dystrophies, editorships, grindstones, moisturised, nonsteroids, outdressing, overstrides, priesthoods, rediscounts, siderolites, sidestrokes, sisterhoods, spiderworts, threnodists, topdressing. | |
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