steroid use
Illicit muscle boosting
Steroid use refers to taking anabolic steroids—synthetic compounds that mimic testosterone—typically to build muscle mass or enhance athletic performance.
The phrase carries connotations of cheating or health risk: He was suspended for steroid use.
In medical contexts, steroid use may refer to prescribed corticosteroids for inflammation, though this sense requires context to distinguish it.
- anabolicBuilding complex molecules
- performanceCarrying out a task
- muscleContractile body tissue
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
doping · bodybuilding · cycling · bulk · gym · gear up · needle · gains · roids · juice · swole · rage · shrunken · acne · banned · athlete · cheating · recovery
- risky behaviorreckless driving, drunk driving, speeding, drug abuse, binge drinking
- sports cheatingmatch fixing, doping, point shaving, cheating, PEDs
- Youth Riskspeer pressure, bullying, underage drinking, teen pregnancy, substance abuse
- Androgenstestosterone, DHT, DHEA, androgens, testes
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- body enhancementsbionic arm, bionic eye, bionic leg, bionic limb, brain implant
steroid usenatural health
Body's unmedicated state of wellbeing
clean living · holistic wellness · abstinence · sobriety · harm reduction
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