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NONSTEROID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonsteroid mean?
• NONSTEROID (noun)
The noun NONSTEROID has 1 sense:
1. an organic compound that does no contain a steroid
Familiarity information: NONSTEROID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organic compound that does no contain a steroid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
nonsteroid; nonsteroidal
Hypernyms ("nonsteroid" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonsteroid"):
DES; diethylstilbesterol; stilbesterol (synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy)
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