cholesterol

See also: cholestérol

English

Etymology

From French cholestérol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlɛstəɹɒl/

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Noun

cholesterol (countable and uncountable, 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.
2. The level of cholesterol in the body.

   improve your cholesterol; lower your cholesterol

   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.

Alternative forms

• cholest. (abbreviation)
• cholesterin, cholesterine (dated)

Derived terms

• acetoxycholesterol
• anticholesterol
• bromocholesterol
• chlorocholesterol
• cholesteroid
• cholesterolemia
• cholesterolosis
• dehydrocholesterol
• epoxycholesterol
• hydroxycholesterol
• iodocholesterol
• isocholesterol
• ketocholesterol
• noncholesterol
• oxocholesterol
• trihydroxycholesterol

 

Translations

an essential component of mammalian cell membranes

• Arabic: كُولِسْتِرُول‎ m (kulistirūl)
• Catalan: colesterol (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: cholesterol m
• Dutch: cholesterol (nl) m or n
• Esperanto: kolesterolo, ĥolesterolo
• Finnish: kolesteroli (fi)
• French: cholestérol (fr) m
• German: Cholesterin (de) n
• Greek: χοληστερίνη (el) f (cholisteríni), χοληστερόλη (el) f (cholisteróli)
• Hawaiian: naʻokoko
• Hungarian: koleszterin (hu)
• Icelandic: kólesteról (is) n
• Interlingua: cholesterol
• Italian: colesterolo (it) m

• Japanese: コレステロール (koresuterōru)
• Latin: cholestērolum
• Latvian: holesterīns m
• Maori: ngakototo
• Navajo: adił akʼah bił ałtahígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kolesterol (no) m or n

  Nynorsk: kolesterol m or n

• Persian: کلسترول‎ (kolesterol)
• Polish: cholesterol (pl) m
• Portuguese: colesterol (pt) m
• Russian: холестери́н (ru) m (xolesterín)
• Slovak: cholesterol m
• Slovene: holesterol m
• Spanish: colesterol (es) m
• Volapük: kesterin

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Czech

Noun

cholesterol m

1. cholesterol

Further reading

• cholesterol in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• cholesterol in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cholesterol. First attested in the 1920s, ultimately displacing cholesterine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌxɔ.lɛstəˈrɔl/, /ˌxɔ.ləstəˈrɔl/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: cho‧les‧te‧rol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

cholesterol m or n (uncountable)

1. cholesterol

   Synonyms: cholesterine, galvet

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Interlingua

Noun

cholesterol (plural)

1. cholesterol

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ.lɛˈstɛ.rɔl/

• Audio

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Noun

cholesterol m inan

1. cholesterol

Declension

declension of cholesterol

	singular	plural
nominative	cholesterol	cholesterole
genitive	cholesterolu	cholesteroli
dative	cholesterolowi	cholesterolom
accusative	cholesterol	cholesterole
instrumental	cholesterolem	cholesterolami
locative	cholesterolu	cholesterolach
vocative	cholesterolu	cholesterole

Further reading

• cholesterol in Polish dictionaries at PWN