Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anabolic_steroid

1 sense of anabolic steroid

Sense 1
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)
       => steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone -- (any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs)