cholesterin

See also: Cholesterin

English

Alternative forms

• cholesterine

Etymology

From French cholestérine, from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall, bile”) +‎ στερεός (stereós, “firm, solid”); coined in 1816 by Michel Eugène Chevreul. From originally being discovered by François Poulletier de la Salle in 1769, as a solid in gallstones.

Noun

cholesterin (countable and uncountable, plural cholesterins)

1. (organic chemistry) Dated form of cholesterol.

Derived terms

• cholesterinic
• isocholesterin

References

• “cholesterin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cholinester