cholesterol
Noun
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Noun
cholesterol
- (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.
- The level of cholesterol in the body.
- improve your cholesterol; lower your cholesterol
- French: cholestérol
- German: Cholesterin
- Italian: colesterolo
- Portuguese: colesterol
- Russian: холестери́н
- Spanish: colesterol
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