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A steroid is a terpenoid lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton with four fused rings, generally arranged in a 6-6-6-5 fashion. Steroids vary by thefunctional groups attached to these rings and the oxidation state of the rings. Hundreds of distinct steroids are found in plants, animals, and fungi. All steroids are made in cells either from the sterol lanosterol (animals and fungi) or the sterol cycloartenol (plants). Bothsterols are derived from the cyclization of the triterpene squalene.

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Steroids are classified as... STEROIDS.

If you're referring to the steroids you ingest or inject for body-building.. That would be Anabolic Steroids.

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Hormones

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