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steroid
steroid (steer-oid) n. one of a group of organic compounds that include the male and female sex hormones (androgens and oestrogens), the hormones of the adrenal cortex (see
corticosteroid), progesterone, bile salts, and sterols. Synthetic steroids have been produced for therapeutic purposes.
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Steroid-sparing drugs needed to reduce risks
Magazine article from: Dermatology Times; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Fivenson: We need steroid-sparing drugs...ill effects of steroids; to get our patients...on high-dose steroids and you add a steroid-sparing drug...completely off of steroids and maintain them...agents or another `steroid alternative...
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STEROID USE BY YOUNG WOMEN:HARRISON G. POPE, JR.
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 6/15/2005; 700+ words
; ...specify what a ``steroid`` is; it does...specifically in anabolic steroids -- the illegal...actual anabolic steroids at all. For example...because they have used steroid skin creams, such...rather than anabolic steroids. Chemically speaking...corticosteroids are a type of steroid ...
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Steroid acne and rebound phenomenon.(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Drugs in Dermatology; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...perioral dermatitis and steroid acne, a perception exists that topical steroids cannot be used on the...steroids with sulfur or steroids with topical antibiotics. Steroid addiction occurs when patients overuse steroids on the face, groin...
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Steroids: what you have to lose.
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication; 2/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...terrible toll. What's Wrong with Steroids? Steroid users are quick to point out that steroids can't hurt you because they...or stroke. These big doses of steroids can also affect behavior. Steroid usrs tend to fly off the handle...
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Steroid addction : A complication of use and abuse of steroids in herpes simplex keratitis.(Original Article)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology; 7/1/1983; ; 700+ words
; ...keratitis exposed to steroids became steroid addict. DISCUSSION...diluted topical steroids can be safely administered...cases. Topical steroid in dilution are...use of topical steroids lead to complications...8 eyes) and steroid addiction (16...
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STEROID USE BY YOUNG WOMEN:AVERY D. FAIGENBAUM
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 6/15/2005; 700+ words
; ...fitness. Female Steroid use in the United...Although anabolic steroids have traditionally...currently using anabolic steroids (2). Researchers...suggested that anabolic steroid use may begin before...exercise, anabolic steroids will not be ergogenic. Yet anabolic steroid users who do ...
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Steroid abuse
Magazine article from: Dermatology Times; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...used to inject steroids were in the women...are tested for steroid use, but they...women who abuse steroids. And many steroid abusers become...Cardiovascular effects from steroid use include increased...suspects are taking steroids to be good sportsmen...
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Steroid stash seized at home; Officials say federal charges pending against man with prior drug convictions who allegedly made sales on Internet.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...production of estrogen. Steroid abusers often take tamoxifen...counter the tendency of steroids to boost estrogen...hormone, the anabolic steroid dianabol and tamoxifen...cancer drug injected by steroid users to enhance the...testosterone. Anabolic steroids and synthetic hormones...
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Steroid trends.(Chart-Reading Skills)
Magazine article from: Science World; 3/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...report having tried steroids at least once in their...the annual anabolic steroid use for 10th graders...reported having tried steroids at least once in their...reported to have tried steroids at least once in their...decrease in annual anabolic steroid use for 10th graders...
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Steroid health dangers a "foul ball".
M2 Presswire; 6/3/2002; 700+ words
; ...McDonald & Gann: Steroid health dangers a...Public outcry over steroids in baseball is rooted...to all anabolic steroids, particularly in the association of steroids to liver problems...concluded that most steroid side effects in...
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Anabolic Steroid Use
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Anabolic Steroid Use Definition Anabolic steroids are drugs containing...organs. Abuse of steroids The controversy surrounding steroid abuse began in...outer part secretes steroids. Androgen...natural or artificial steroid that acts as a...
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steroids
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...bile salts. The steroids are grouped together...very similar. The steroid chemical nucleus...Therefore a single steroid can be expected...specific effect. Steroids have major responsibilities...between the sexes. Steroids in the form of bile...while another steroid is a vitamin ...
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Anabolic Steroids
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Anabolic steroids Definition Anabolic steroids are compounds, derived from testosterone, which promote...federal law. Description As of 2004, there are four anabolic steroids available: nandrolone oxandrolone oxymetholone stanzolol...
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Steroids
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...Steroids The generic term steroids refers to a group of...known classes of human steroid hormones are corticosteroids...anabolic-androgenic steroids . Corticosteroids are...anabolic-androgenic steroid abusers often ingest...anabolic-androgenic steroids can produce dramatic...
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anabolic steroid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
anabolic steroid or androgenic steroid , any of a group of synthetic derivatives...loss in wasting diseases, anabolic steroids have also been taken by bodybuilders...sports, but not all sports test for steroids. Major League Baseball did not test...
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