cholesterol

- See Also:
- - cholangiography
  - chole-
  - cholecalciferol
  - cholecyst-
  - cholecystectomy
  - cholelithiasis
  - cholent
  - choler
  - cholera
  - choleric
  - cholesterol
  - choli
  - choliamb
  - choline
  - cholinergic
  - cholinesterase
  - cholla
  - cholo
  - chometz
  - chomp
  - Chomskyan
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cholesterol /kəˈlɛstərɒl/

▶noun a compound which is present in most body tissues and is important in metabolism, and of which high concentrations in the blood are thought to promote atherosclerosis.

– origin C19: from Gk kholē ‘bile’ + stereos ‘stiff’ + -ol.

'cholesterol' also found in these Oxford entries:

chole- - dehydrocholesterol - ergosterol - gallstone - high-density lipoprotein - hypercholesterolaemia - light - low-density lipoprotein - statin - sterol

Forum discussions with the word(s) "cholesterol" in the title:

No titles with the word(s) "cholesterol".

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "cholesterol" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "cholesterol" at dictionary.com

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Report an inappropriate ad.

Online Language Dictionaries

cholesterol