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NONSTEROID

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

• NONSTEROID (noun)

Sense 1

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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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