Usually means: Plant-derived compounds resembling cholesterol.
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  1. phytosterol: Merriam-Webster
  2. phytosterol: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Phytosterol, phytosterol: Wordnik
  4. phytosterol: Wiktionary
  5. phytosterol: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. phytosterol: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. phytosterol: Dictionary.com
  8. Phytosterol: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. phytosterol: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. phytosterol: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. phytosterol: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. phytosterol: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (phytosterol)

noun:  (biochemistry, botany) Any of a group of steroid alcohols, phytochemicals naturally occurring in plants. They are white powders with mild, characteristic odor, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohols.

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