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Definition: Anabolic Steroid |
Anabolic SteroidNoun1. Any of a group of synthetic steroid hormones used to stimulate muscle and bone growth; sometimes used illicitly by athletes to increase their strength. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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There is much to be said about steroids from the medical perspective.
Abuse
During the 1990s, anabolic steroid abuse became a national concern in the United States. These drugs are used illicitly by weight lifters, bodybuilders, shot putters, long distance runners, cyclists, professional baseball players and others to give them a competitive advantage and improve their physical appearance.
According to the 1999 Monitoring the Future Study, the percentage of eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders who reported using steroids at least once in their lives has increased steadily over the past four years (an average of 1.8 percent in 1996, 2.1 percent in 1997, 2.3 percent in 1998, and 2.8 percent in 1999). In addition, steroid use to enhance athletic performance is no longer limited to high school males; a 1998 Pennsylvania State University study found that 175,000 high school girls nationwide reported taking steroids at least once in their lifetime.
Concerns over a growing illicit market and prevalence of abuse combined with the possibility of harmful longterm effects of steroid use led the United States Congress in 1991 to place anabolic steroids into Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The CSA defines anabolic steroids as any drug or hormonal substance chemically and pharmacologically related to testosterone (other than estrogens, progestins, and corticosteroids) that promotes muscle growth. Most illicit anabolic steroids are sold at gyms, competitions, and through mail operations. For the most part, these substances are smuggled into the United States. Anabolic steriods commonly encountered on the illicit market include: boldenone (Equipoise), ethlestrenol (Maxibolin), fluxoymesterone (Halotestin), methandriol, methandrostenolone (Dianabol), methyltestosterone, nandrolone (Durabolin, DecaDurabolin), oxandrolone (Anavar), oxymetholone (Anadrol), stanozolol (Winstrol), testosterone, and trenbolone (Finajet). In addition, a number of counterfeit products are sold as anabolic steroids.
Physical side effects include elevated blood pressure and cholesterol levels, severe acne, premature balding, reduced sexual function, and testiclular atrophy. In males, abnormal breast development (gynecomastia) can occur. In females, anabolic steroids have a masculinizing effect, resulting in more body hair, a deeper voice, smaller breasts, masculinized or enlarged clitoris, and fewer menstrual cycles. Several of these effects are irreversible. In adolescents, abuse of these agents may prematurely stop the lengthening of bones, resulting in stunted growth. Serious medical illness can result from external hormone use, including liver difficulties (from overwork due to processing the external hormones) and enlargement of the heart (the heart is a muscle and thus affected by the muscle-building qualities of the hormones).
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Crosswords: Anabolic Steroid |
| Specialty definitions using "anabolic steroid": Ethylestrenol ♦ Fluoxymesterone ♦ Metribolone ♦ Trenbolone. (references) |
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Health | Few studies of treatments for anabolic steroid abuse have been conducted. (references) | |
Untreated, some depressive symptoms associated with anabolic steroid withdrawal have been known to persist for a year or more after the abuser stops taking the drugs. (references) | ||
Anabolic steroid abuse has been associated with a wide range of adverse side effects ranging from some that are physically unattractive, such as acne and breast development in men, to others that are life threatening, such as heart attacks and liver cancer. (references) | ||
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| Language | Translations for "anabolic steroid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | anabolicum. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anabolicay eroidstay.(various references) | |
Russian | анаболический стероид. (various references) | |
Spanish | anabolizante (anabolic), esteroide anabolizante (anabolic), esteroide anabólico (anabolic). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-i-i-l-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
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-5 letters: abdication, abdicators, abolitions, abreaction, acetanilid, actionable, adorations, aerobatics, alacrities, alienators, antibodies, anticaries, antirabies, antisocial, asteroidal, bacteroids. | |
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