Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cholesterin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cholesterin \Cho*les"ter*in\, n. [Gr. ? bile + ? stiff fat: F.
cholest['e]rine. See {Stearin}.] (Chem.)
A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and
odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and
especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cholesterin
n : an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver;
the most abundant steroid in animal tissues [syn: {cholesterol}]
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