17-ketosteroid

[ -kē′tō-stîr′oid′, -stĕr′- ]

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A steroid having a ketone group attached to its 17th carbon atom, especially any of those produced by the adrenal cortex and gonads and occurring normally in the urine.17-oxosteroid

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How to use 17-ketosteroid in a sentence

“My film got slammed with an NC-17 for a scene of â€?suggestedâ€™ oral sex,â€ wrote Kramer.
Oral Sex Comes of Age in Hollywood: â€?Gone Girlâ€™ the Latest Film to Showcase Female Pleasure|Marlow Stern|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The airdrop mission consisted of a C-17 and two C-130 aircraft that were escorted by two F-18 fighters.
Obamaâ€™s Iraq Plan Has a Killer Flawâ€”and Airstrikes Alone May Not Save It|Jacob Siegel|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But we still came up with a few itemsâ€”including those Mi-17 helicopters the Pentagon bought.
Obama: Russia â€?Doesnâ€™t Make Anythingâ€™ (Except for These Weapons He Buys)|Asawin Suebsaeng|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All sides agreed that it was brought down by a Buk antiaircraft missile, also known as a SA-17 Grizzly in NATO terminology.
MH17 Black Box â€?Sent to Moscow for Investigationâ€™|Anna Nemtsova|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the wide shot, the pallbearers are stepping away from the C-17 carrying Sgt. Farrell.
How the Dead Come Home From Afghanistan|Nick Willard|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the uppermost pool (G-17) only small green sunfish were found.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. Metcalf
The B-17 bombers, however, were heavily armed and could defend themselves fairly well.
The Biography of a Rabbit|Roy Benson
In seconds, the gleaming white dot crawled across the surface of the tri-dim chart from sector C-17 to sector S-1.
A Place in the Sun|C.H. Thames
Hes in C-17 now, one of the men said as a gleaming whiteness was suddenly superimposed at a single point on the blue.
A Place in the Sun|C.H. Thames
Proof against her blandishments, he leaves her to-17- seek glory.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb

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