| 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: | process quality |
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| Synonyms: | quality of a process, quality of occurrent, quality of process, relational quality of occurrent |
| Definition: | A quality which inheres in an process. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001236] |