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nandrolone

British  
/ ˈnændrəˌləʊn /

noun

  1. an anabolic steroid present in the body in small amounts but also produced by metabolism of other steroids, sometimes taken as performance-enhancing drugs by athletes and bodybuilders

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In April 2022, Moore tested positive for nandrolone and boldenone at a WTA 250 event in Bogota, with an independent tribunal ruling in December 2023 that contaminated meat was the source.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Shelby Houlihan had argued at the time that something in the meat she consumed had led her to test positive for a steroid called nandrolone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2025

Shelby Houlihan, the American record-holder in the 1,500, was suspended for four years last month after testing positive for nandrolone, an anabolic steroid.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

Because there’s some natural nandrolone if they’re pregnant.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2021

American distance runner Houlihan almost certainly ate something that triggered a positive test for a minimal amount of the steroid nandrolone.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2021

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