dehydroepisterol

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Etymology

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dehydro- +‎ episterol

Noun

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dehydroepisterol (countable and uncountable, plural dehydroepisterols)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any dehydro derivative of episterol, but especially 5-dehydroepisterol which is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of steroids