Cholesterin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of cholesterol. alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
  2. 2
    an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues wordnet

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cholesterolcholesterol

Etymology

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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