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UK
/ˌænɐbˈɒlɪk/
]
[ US /ˌænəˈbɑɫɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌænəˈbɑɫɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism
some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily - of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism
How To Use anabolic In A Sentence
- The basic hormone on which all synthetic anabolic steroids are based.
- some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily
- These are all multijoint movements that recruit a maximum number of muscle fibers, leading to an increase in anabolic-hormone production.
- But all three substances - creatine, androstenedione, and anabolic steroids - increase a naturally occurring substance in the body to promote the building of muscle tissue.
- Anabolic steroids, a controlled substance in the United States since 1988, are not detectable by drug-sniffing canines.
- Colostrum is rich in anabolic peptides, protective antibodies and immune messengers that help the gut heal.
- Some literalist is probably at this moment self-inflicting a herniated disc with head-shaking and complaining that anabolic steroids weren't synthesized until around the 1930s. Archive 2007-11-01
- Of course, exercise and weight-training are the natural routes to achieve this, but it can be achieved more easily, albeit at greater risk to health and reputation, by injecting anabolic androgenic steroids (AASs).
- The exact number of anabolic steroid users is impossible to measure. Times, Sunday Times
- The most widely used anabolic steroid, nandrolone derives from the male hormone testosterone.