Term: anabolic steroid: any of a group of synthetic steroid hormones used to stimulate muscle and bone growth; more than 100 have been developed and each requires a prescription to be used legally in the United States; sometimes used illicitly by athletes to increase their strength
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: beading: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: ill health: a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: tawny eagle: brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: horneophyton: Devonian fossil plant considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants; similar to genus Rhynia but smaller
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: asian black grouse: a black grouse of western Asia
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: zygodactyl foot: a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: plunge: a steep and rapid fall
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: runcible spoon: a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: development: (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
Broader: steroid hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Unrelated: case: a problem requiring investigation