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) 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) 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

	Singular only
Nominative	cholesterol
Genitive	cholesterolu
Dative	cholesterolowi
Accusative	cholesterol
Instrumental	cholesterolem
Locative	cholesterolu
Vocative	cholesterolu