cholesterol

See also cholestérol

English

Etymology

chole- +‎ sterol

Noun

Wikipedia cholesterol (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.

Translations

an essential component of mammalian cell membranes

• Arabic: كولسترول (ar) (kulistiruul) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膽固醇 (cmn), 胆固醇 (cmn) (dǎngùchún)

• Czech: cholesterol (cs) m
• French: cholestérol (fr) m
• German: Cholesterin (de) n
• Greek: χοληστερίνη (el) (cholisteríni) f, χοληστερόλη (el) (cholisteróli) f
• Hungarian: koleszterin (hu)

• Icelandic: kólesteról (is) n
• Italian: colesterolo (it) m
• Japanese: コレステロール (ja) (koresuterōru)
• Maori: ngakototo (mi), ngakototo (mi)
• Polish: cholesterol (pl) m
• Russian: холестерин (ru) (xolesterín)
• Spanish: colesterol (es) m
• Volapük: kesterin (vo)

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Noun

cholesterol m

1. cholesterol

Declension

    declension of cholesterol

	singular only
nominative	cholesterol
genitive	cholesterolu
dative	cholesterolowi
accusative	cholesterol
instrumental	cholesterolem
locative	cholesterolu
vocative	cholesterolu