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• n  any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects
• n  any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs

• If steroid scold John McCain were a woman, he might be pushing laws against plastic surgery among pop starlets, the better to save girls from deadly eating disorders.
• Viewpoint: She hasn't just proven that her steroid denials of the past were merely a performance.
• The "suspected steroid user" label never really stuck to Clemens, like it did to Bonds and others, despite the fact that, like Bonds, he continued to defy his age and rack up .

• steroid hormone
• sex hormone

News & Articles

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• Fungal, bacterial growth found in steroid injections
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has identified bacterial and fungal growth in unopened vials of a steroid injection from a Tennessee pharmacy under investigation for links to reported infections.
  June 10, 2013 - CNN
• Compounding firm’s steroid injections cause infection outbreak
  Physicians should stop using steroid products compounded by Main Street Family Pharmacy LLC and send back to the facility sterile items that have a use-by date on or before Nov. 20, said a warning from the Food and Drug Administration.
  June 10, 2013 - American Medical Association
• FDA: Fungal growth in unopened vials of steroid
  NEWBERN, Tenn., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say they have found bacterial and fungal growth in unopened vials of steroid injection from a Tennessee pharmacy already under investigation.
  June 10, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• President Bush in CNN
  Steroids have sullied the game, and players and the owners must take the Mitchell report seriously; I'm confident they will,Bush said. "And my hope is that this report is a part of putting the 'steroid era' of baseball behind us."
• Bud Selig in CNN International
  I look forward to receiving his report and findings so that we can openly address any issue associated with past steroid use,Selig said in a statement. "We currently have a testing program that is as good as any in professional sports, and...
• George Mitchell in Xinhua
  Everyone involved in baseball over the past two decades -- commissioners, club officials, the Players Association, the players -- shares, to some extent, in the responsibility for the steroid era,Mitchell said to to media, "There was a...