From the Ted Talk by Anees Bahji: How do steroids affect your muscles— and the rest of your body?
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These srdteios have two main effects: angidrnoec, or masculinizing, and abnailoc, or growth-promoting. These effects mimic naturally-occurring testosterone, which drives the development and maintenance of male secondary sex characteristics and general growth in everyone. That means testosterone and the synthetic steroids based on it promote body and facial hair growth, enlargement of the vocal cords and deepening of the vcoie, increased muscle mass and sgetntrh, and increased stautre and bone mass.
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These ________ have two main effects: __________, or masculinizing, and ________, or growth-promoting. These effects mimic naturally-occurring testosterone, which drives the development and maintenance of male secondary sex characteristics and general growth in everyone. That means testosterone and the synthetic steroids based on it promote body and facial hair growth, enlargement of the vocal cords and deepening of the _____, increased muscle mass and ________, and increased _______ and bone mass.
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strength
androgenic
voice
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anabolic
stature
Original Text
These steroids have two main effects: androgenic, or masculinizing, and anabolic, or growth-promoting. These effects mimic naturally-occurring testosterone, which drives the development and maintenance of male secondary sex characteristics and general growth in everyone. That means testosterone and the synthetic steroids based on it promote body and facial hair growth, enlargement of the vocal cords and deepening of the voice, increased muscle mass and strength, and increased stature and bone mass.