non·ste·roi·dal (n n st -roid l, -st -) also non·ster·oid (nn-stîroid, -str-)adj. Not being or containing a steroid: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. n. A drug or other substance not containing a steroid. |
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| Noun | 1. | nonsteroidal - an organic compound that does no contain a steroid diethylstilbesterol, stilbesterol, DES - 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 organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical |
| Adj. | 1. | nonsteroidal - not steroidal or not having the effects of steroid hormones steroidal - of or relating to steroid hormones or their effects |
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