KETOSTEROID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ketosteroid mean? 

• KETOSTEROID (noun)
  The noun KETOSTEROID has 1 sense:

1. a steroid containing a ketone group

  Familiarity information: KETOSTEROID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KETOSTEROID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steroid containing a ketone group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ketosteroid" is a kind of...):

steroid (any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ketosteroid"):

androsterone (an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone)

estrone; Estronol; oestrone; theelin (a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency)

cortisone; Cortone Acetate (a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone)

 Context examples 

A 17-ketosteroid which excreted in the urine as a metabolite of steroid hormones.

(Etiocholanolone, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Delta 5—>4-isomerase type 2 protein, is involved in the oxidative conversion of ketosteroids during the biosynthesis of hormonal steroids.

(HSD3B2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)