"cholesterol" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈlɛstəɹɒl/, /kəˈlɛstɹɒl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cholesterol.wav Forms: cholesterols [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French cholestérol. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|cholestérol}} Borrowed from French cholestérol Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cholesterol (countable and uncountable, plural cholesterols)
  1. (biochemistry) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (an essential component of mammalian cell membranes): كُولِسْتِرُول (kulistirūl) [masculine] (Arabic), халестэры́н (xaljesterýn) [masculine] (Belarusian), colesterol [masculine] (Catalan), 膽固醇 (Chinese Mandarin), 胆固醇 (dǎngùchún) (Chinese Mandarin), cholesterol [masculine] (Czech), cholesterol [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), kolesterolo (Esperanto), ĥolesterolo (Esperanto), kolesteroli (Finnish), cholestérol [masculine] (French), ქოლესტერინი (kolesṭerini) (english: mainstream term) (Georgian), ქოლესტეროლი (kolesṭeroli) [rare] (Georgian), Cholesterin [neuter] (German), χοληστερίνη (cholisteríni) [feminine] (Greek), χοληστερόλη (cholisteróli) [feminine] (Greek), naʻokoko (Hawaiian), koleszterin (Hungarian), kólesteról [neuter] (Icelandic), cholesterol (Interlingua), colesterolo [masculine] (Italian), コレステロール (koresuterōru) (Japanese), កូលេស្តេរ៉ុល (kouleisteerol) (Khmer), cholestērolum (Latin), holesterīns [masculine] (Latvian), ngakototo (Maori), adił akʼah bił ałtahígíí (Navajo), kolesterol [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kolesterol [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کلسترول (kolesterol) (Persian), cholesterol [masculine] (Polish), colesterol [masculine] (Portuguese), холестери́н (xolesterín) [masculine] (Russian), cholesterol [masculine] (Slovak), holesterol [masculine] (Slovene), colesterol [masculine] (Spanish), kolesterol [neuter] (Swedish), คอเลสเตอรอล (Thai), โคเลสเตอรอล (Thai), kolesterol (Turkish), холестеро́л (xolesteról) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kesterin (Volapük)
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  2. The level of cholesterol in the body. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cholest. [abbreviation], cholesterin, cholesterine [dated]

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