English

glucosteroid

From gluco- + steroid.

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’

Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

Ancient Greek εἶδος

Today it means

noun Any steroid that regulates glucose, but especially any of the glucocorticoids

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Etymograph / glucosteroid