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Book on Demand Ltd. Anabolic Steroid by Edited by Jesse Russell Edited by Ronald Cohn
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Anabolic steroids technically known as anabolicandrogen steroids (AAS) or colloquially simply as steroids are drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in the body. They increase protein synthesis within cells which results in the buildup of cellular tissue (anabolism) especially in muscles. Anabolic steroids also have androgenic and virilizing properties including the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics such as the growth of the vocal cords testicles and body hair (secondary sexual characteristics). The word anabolic comes from the Greek ἀναβολή anabole that which is thrown up mound and the word androgenic from the Greek ἀνδρός andros of a man + γενής genes born.show more