anabolic steroid

noun

: any of a group of usually synthetic hormones that are derivatives of testosterone, are used medically especially to promote tissue growth, and are sometimes abused by athletes to increase the size and strength of their muscles and improve endurance

Examples of anabolic steroid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Donna Kelso is accused of unlawfully distributing anabolic steroids to Wilbanks and Cody Alan Kelso, according to the indictments obtained by NBC News. —Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025

This study shows that younger people who may not use anabolic steroids, which have been found to be harmful, might still be using other substances to treat their muscle dysmorphia, and the public needs to be more aware, Saltz said. —Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025

As with anabolic steroids, TRT can lead to bilateral shrinkage as the body needs to produce less testosterone on its own. —Matthew Wosnitzer, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2025

Or perhaps, as with the Eastern Bloc women on anabolic steroids in the 1980s, there’s an as-yet-undetected form of doping that helps women more than men. —Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anabolic steroid

• adenoid
• alkaloid
• amoeboid
• amyloid
• aneroid
• anthropoid
• arachnoid
• asteroid
• benzenoid
• carcinoid
• celluloid
• coronoid

Kids Definition

anabolic steroid

noun

: any of several man-made hormones that are used in medicine to help tissue grow, that are sometimes abused by athletes to increase muscle size and strength, and that may have harmful effects (as stunted growth in teenagers)

Medical Definition

anabolic steroid

noun

: any of a group of usually synthetic hormones that are derivatives of testosterone, are used medically especially to promote tissue growth, and are sometimes abused by athletes to increase the size and strength of their muscles and improve endurance