CHOLESTERIN

cholesterol, cholesterin

(noun) an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cholesterin (countable and uncountable, plural cholesterins)

(organic compound) Dated form of cholesterol. (A white, fatty, crystalline substance found in animal and plant products and tissue, especially in nerve tissue, bile, and gallstones.)

Anagrams

• cholinester

Source: Wiktionary


Cho*les"ter*in, n. Etym: [Gr. cholestérine. See Stearin.] (Chem.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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