A surname from Dutch.

(biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

(neuroanatomy) A mixed nerve that contains mostly sensory and some parasympathetic fibers, arises in the geniculate ganglion, joins with the deep petrosal nerve at the entrance of the pterygoid can...

(biochemistry) The study of the steroidome of an organism or cell