An orally effective anabolic steroid that may promote nitrogen retention when combined with an adequate diet; in addition, it can exert typically androgenic effects. SYN: methandienone.
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meth·an·dro·sten·o·lone .meth-.an-drō-'sten-ə-.lōn n an anabolic steroid C20H28O2
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meth·an·dro·sten·o·lone (məth-an″dro-stenґə-lōn) an anabolic-androgenic steroid used especially in the adjunctive treatment of senile and postmenopausal osteoporosis and in selected cases of pituitary dwarfism, administered orally.Medical dictionary. 2011.