| Name: | steroid biosynthetic process |
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| Synonyms: | steroid anabolism, steroid biosynthesis, steroid formation, steroid synthesis, steroidogenesis |
| Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of steroids, compounds with a 1,2,cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene nucleus; includes de novo formation and steroid interconversion by modification. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006694] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | disrupted |
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| Definition: | A quality of a single process inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being interrupted of its normal course. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001507] |