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Categories: Metabolic pathways, Articles with short description, Wikipedia pending changes protected pages, Steroids
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steroid  Juicing  biosynthesis of steroids  Isosteroidal  Oral use of steroids
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Any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects WordNet 3.0
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Any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A steroid is a biologically active organic compound with four fused rings arranged in a specific molecular configuration. Wikipedia
A class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids. Wiktionary
Class of organic compounds. Wiktionary (translation)