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

1 sense of steroid alcohol

Sense 1
sterol, steroid alcohol -- (any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances)
       => alcohol -- (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
       => steroid -- (any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects)