cholesterin

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A form of cholesterol — A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.

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cholesterol
OriginFrench cholestérine →
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Meanings

nouncholesterin (countable and uncountable, plural cholesterins)

plural cholesterins · alternative cholesterine

  1. countabledateduncountablechemistryDated form of cholesterol.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

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cholesterol
Broader
sterolsteroid alcohol
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cholesterol

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchcholestérine
  2. Englishcholesterin

From French cholestérine, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall, bile”) + στερεός (stereós, “firm, solid”); coined in 1816 by Michel Eugène Chevreul. From originally being discovered by François Poulletier de la Salle in 1769, as a solid in gallstones.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cholinester
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APA

cholesterin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cholesterin

MLA

“cholesterin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cholesterin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cholesterin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cholesterin.

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