Usually means: Essential lipid, regulates cellular functions.
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  1. cholesterol: Merriam-Webster
  2. cholesterol: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cholesterol: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cholesterol: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cholesterol: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cholesterol, cholesterol: Wordnik
  7. cholesterol: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cholesterol: Wiktionary
  9. cholesterol: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cholesterol: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cholesterol: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cholesterol: Dictionary.com
  13. cholesterol: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cholesterol: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cholesterol (journal), Cholesterol: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. cholesterol: Rhymezone
  17. cholesterol: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. cholesterol: FreeDictionary.org
  19. cholesterol: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. cholesterol: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. cholesterol: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Cholesterol: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. cholesterol: Encyclopedia

Medicine (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. cholesterol: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cholesterol: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Cholesterol: Merck Manuals
  7. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
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  13. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  14. cholesterol: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  15. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  16. cholesterol: Medical dictionary
  17. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  18. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
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  21. Cholesterol: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  1. cholesterol: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cholesterol: Body Building

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Organic Salon Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Cholesterol: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See cholesterols as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (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.
noun:  The level of cholesterol in the body.

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