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choleriform |
cholerine |
choleroid |
cholestasis |
cholesteric |
cholesterin
| cholesterol
| cholesterosis cutis
| choliamb
| choliambic
| cholic
cholesterin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cholesterin has 1 sense
- cholesterin(n = noun.substance) cholesterol - an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues; Array is a kind of steroid alcohol, sterol
has particulars: hdl cholesterol, ldl cholesterol
CIDE DICTIONARY
cholesterin, n. [Gr. bile + stiff fat: F. cholestérine. See Stearin.].
A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones. [1913 Webster]
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