steroid

As nouns the difference between steroid and gonadarche

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 while gonadarche is the earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone.

As nouns the difference between steroid and furanosteroid

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 while furanosteroid is (organic chemistry) any of a class of steroids that have an extra fused furan ring.

As nouns the difference between steroid and cerulenin

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 while cerulenin is (organic compound) an antifungal antibiotic that inhibits fatty acid and steroid biosynthesis.

As nouns the difference between steroid and danazol

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 while danazol is a derivative of the synthetic steroid ethisterone, a modified testosterone, formerly used to treat endometriosis.

As nouns the difference between steroid and androstenol

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 while androstenol is (organic compound) a steroid alcohol with a musk-like odour; it is found in human sweat and also in truffles.

As nouns the difference between steroid and norsteroid

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 while norsteroid is (organic chemistry) any compound derived from a named steroid by removing elements of a side chain or ring.

As nouns the difference between steroid and sterane

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 while sterane is (organic compound) a tetracyclic hydrocarbon related to the steroids.

As nouns the difference between steroid and digoxigenin

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 while digoxigenin is (biology) a steroid found exclusively in the flowers and leaves of the plants digitalis purpurea'' and ''digitalis lanata .

As nouns the difference between steroid and androstenedione

is that steroid is 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 while androstenedione is a steroid hormone produced in the adrenal glands and the gonads, chemical formula C₁₉H₂₆O₂; the common precursor to both male and female sex hormones.

As nouns the difference between steroid and dexamethasone

is that steroid is (biochemistry) 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 while dexamethasone is (hormone) a synthetic member of the glucocorticoid class of steroid hormones, having the chemical formula c₂₂h₂₉fo₅, or a derivative thereof.