cholesterol

cholesterol

See also: cholestérol

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cholestérol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlɛstəɹɒl/, /kəˈlɛstɹɒl/

• Audio (UK)

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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
• cholesterol esterase
• cholesterolosis
• dehydrocholesterol
• epoxycholesterol
• hydroxycholesterol
• iodocholesterol
• isocholesterol
• ketocholesterol
• noncholesterol
• oxocholesterol
• trihydroxycholesterol

 

Translations

an essential component of mammalian cell membranes

Arabic: كُولِسْتِرُول‎ m (kulistirūl) Belarusian: халестэры́н m (xaljesterýn) Catalan: colesterol (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 膽固醇／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) Khmer: កូលេស្តេរ៉ុល (kouleisteerol) 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 Swedish: kolesterol (sv) n Thai: คอเลสเตอรอล, โคเลสเตอรอล Turkish: kolesterol (tr) Ukrainian: холестеро́л m (xolesteról) Volapük: kesterin

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxolɛstɛrol]

Noun

cholesterol m inan

1. cholesterol

Further reading

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

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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

  (file)

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

Noun

cholesterol m or n (uncountable)

1. cholesterol

   Synonyms: cholesterine, galvet

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kolèstêrol

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Interlingua

Noun

cholesterol (plural)

1. cholesterol

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ.lɛsˈtɛ.rɔl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrɔl
• Syllabification: cho‧les‧te‧rol

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

Derived terms

adjectives

• antycholesterolowy
• cholesterolowy

 

Further reading

• cholesterol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cholesterol in Polish dictionaries at PWN