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Steroidal

Definition: Steroidal

Steroidal

Adjective

1. Of or relating to steroid hormones or their effects.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Steroidal

Synonyms by domain: non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (medicine), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory product, steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
Antonym: nonsteroidal (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Steroidal

English words defined with "steroidal": nonsteroidal. (references)
Specialty definitions using "steroidal": Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Steroidal, AzasteroidsEstrogen Receptor ModulatorsSteroids, Heterocyclic. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Steroidal

DomainTitle

Books

  • Inhibin Non Steroidal Regulation of Follicle Stimulating Hormone Secretion (reference)

  • Uterine contraction; side effects of steroidal contraceptives (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Steroidal

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Little is known about the side effects of steroidal supplements, but if large quantities of these compounds substantially increase testosterone levels in the body, they also are likely to produce the same side effects as anabolic steroids. (references)

Steroidal supplements can be converted into testosterone (an important male sex hormone) or a similar compound in the body. Whether such conversion produces sufficient quantities of testosterone to promote muscle growth or whether the supplements themselves promote muscle growth is unknown. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Steroidal

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "steroidal": non-steroidal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Steroidal

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

steroidal saponins

6

non steroidal anti inflammatory drug

4

steroidal

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Steroidal

Language Translations for "steroidal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

antiinflammatorisk steroid (SAID, steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

anti-inflammatoire steroïde (SAID, steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

anti-inflammatorinen steroidi (SAID, steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). (various references)

   

French

  

anti-inflammatoire stéroïdien (steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). (various references)

   

German

  

steroidale Entzündungshemmer (SAID, steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στεροειδές αντιφλεγμονώδες (SAID, steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). (various references)

   

Italian

  

antiinfiammatorio steroideo (SAID, steroidal anti-inflammatory drug), Analgesici-antinfiammatori non steroidi (non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eroidalstay

   

Spanish

  

antiinflamatorio esteroideo (SAID, steroidal anti-inflammatory drug). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Steroidal

Derivations

Words ending with "steroidal": asteroidal, nonsteroidal. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Steroidal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asteroidal, steradian, Stroitel. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Steroidal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: estradiol, idolaters.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-o-r-s-t"

-1 letter: asteroid, darioles, delators, diastole, dilaters, dilators, idolater, isolated, lardiest, leotards, lodestar, redtails, sodalite, stolider, tailored.

-2 letters: aridest, astride, dariole, dartles, delator, derails, details, dialers, diaster, dilater, dilates, dilator, disrate, editors, estriol, iodates, isolate, isolead, leotard, loaders, loiters, oldster, oralist, ordeals, realist, redials, redtail, reloads, retails, rialtos, roadies, roasted, saltier, saltire, slatier, solated.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-o-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: asteroidal, editorials, estradiols, idolatries.

 

+2 letters: defoliators, delineators, desalinator, disrelation, elucidators, fluoridates, tetraploids.

 

+3 letters: advertorials, bardolatries, boatbuilders, cordialities, declarations, deflorations, depilatories, desalinators, dilatometers, dilatoriness, disrelations, dorsiventral, editorialist, foolhardiest, immortalised, labradorites, modularities, nonsteroidal, postcardlike, rationalised, solidarities, subeditorial, towardliness.

 

+4 letters: adorabilities, adulterations, aldosteronism, considerately, constrainedly, coresidential, decelerations, dechlorinates, deflagrations, deliberations, deregulations, dermatologies, dermatologist, dilatometries, editorialists, editorializes, lepidopterans, maladroitness, melodramatics, melodramatise, melodramatist, perissodactyl, prodigalities, radiationless, radioelements, reconsolidate, revalidations, roadabilities, sacerdotalism, sacerdotalist, solderability, subordinately, superdiplomat, tetraploidies, traditionless, valedictories.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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