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Plural of steroid

regular plural

The plural of steroid is steroids.

Forms of steroid

Singularsteroid /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/
Pluralsteroids
Countablecountable

Steroids in a sentence

  • Anabolic steroids can affect testicular health, including reducing the production of sperm.2018 June 25, James Roland, “What is Hypergonadism?”, in Healthline
  • He started getting huge when he hopped on a course of steroids.From the entry hop on
  • The cyclist fell from grace because of steroids and lies.From the entry fall from grace
  • The next generation of AI will put the pathetic fallacy on steroids.2022 June 14, Ian Bogost, “Google’s ‘Sentient’ Chatbot Is Our Self-Deceiving Future”, in The Atlantic. From the entry pathetic fallacy
  • Here is the use of steroids, human growth hormone and Viagra.2022 October 3, Dwitght Garner, “Anthony Bourdain’s New Biography: Light on Subtlety, Heavy on Grit”, in The New York Times. From the entry dickishness

Meaning of steroid

  1. noun A class of organic compounds having a structure of seventeen carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.
  2. noun Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance.

Full definition of steroid

Questions about the plural of steroid

What is the plural of steroid?
The plural of steroid is steroids.
Is steroid countable?
Steroid is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: steroid (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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