Definitions for steroid

steroid ste·roid

Spelling: [steer-oid, ster-]
IPA: /ˈstɪər ɔɪd, ˈstɛr-/

Steroid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 289 anagrams from letters in steroid (deiorst).

Definitions for steroid

noun

  1. any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
  2. anabolic steroid.

Idioms

  1. on steroids, Slang. much larger, stronger, or more extreme than is normal or expected:

adjective

  1. Also, steroidal [sti-roid-l, ste-] /stɪˈrɔɪd l, stɛ-/ (Show IPA). pertaining to or characteristic of a steroid.

Origin of steroid

First recorded in 1925-30; ster(ol) + -oid

Examples for steroid

Too many injections of this type of steroid will destroy a joint and lead to early retirement.

But in addition, the elimination of government oversight helped enable the proliferation of steroid abuse among performers.

First of all, HGH is not a steroid, though the term “steroid” has come to be used interchangeably and incorrectly with PEDs.

Or whether the baseball writers hang on to their adamant “no steroid” position forever.

The “steroid years,” 2001–2003, were some of the best statistically of your career.

If Barry Bonds is going to trial for steroid use and perjuring himself before a grand jury, why not Mark McGwire?

Usually time and more time will clear this up, though once in a while, a person may require some steroid drops.

We either let the steroid era ruin the game for us or we agree that the game is greater than such distractions.

The anonymous blog Tennis Has a steroid Problem has a laundry list of “evidence” against the 27-year-old Spaniard.

Before this steroid episode, I was always commented how beautiful I looked, and how I dress myself when I go out in public.

Word Value for steroid
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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