Medical term:

ketosteroid


ketosteroid

 [ke″to-ste´roid]
a steroid having ketone groups on functional carbon atoms.
17-k's steroids found in normal urine and in excess in certain tumors, which have a ketone group on the 17th carbon atom, and include certain androgenic and adrenocortical hormones.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ketosteroid

(kē′tō-stĕr′oid′, -stîr′-)
n.
A steroid, such as androsterone or estrone, that contains a ketone group.
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ketosteroid

A steroid hormone to which an oxygen molecule has been attached, especially at the 17th carbon atom (C-17). An oxosteroid. A 17-ketosteroid is a steroid with a C-O (carbonyl) group at C-17. 17-ketosteroids are excreted in the urine as breakdown products of ANDROGENS and are present in excess in adrenal and gonadal overactivity.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

17-ketosteroid

(ke-to-ster'oyd)
One of a group of neutral steroids having a ketone group in carbon position 17. They are produced by the adrenal cortex and gonads and appear normally in the urine. Among them are androsterone, dehydroisoandrosterone, corticosterone, and 11-hydroxyisoandrosterone. A greater than normal or less than normal excretion in the urine is indicative of certain endocrine disorders such as adrenal adenomas or Cushing's syndrome.
See: perhydrocyclopentanophenanthrene
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