Synonyms for cholesterol
kəˈlɛs təˌroʊl, -ˌrɔlcholes·terol

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1. cholesterol, cholesterinnoun

   an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

   Synonyms:
   cholesterin

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1. List of paraphrases for "cholesterol":

   cholestérol, hypercholesterolemia

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cholesterol

   Synonyms:
   Materia peccans

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1. Michael Orlich:

   In our Adventist Health Study-2 people tended to have lower blood pressures, lower LDL cholesterol, less prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, and less diabetes, broadly defined vegetarians, which includes the pesco - and the semi-vegetarian, have a lower risk of colorectal cancer by about 22 %. Pesco-vegetarians have a lower risk for prostate cancer.

2. Melissa Anderson with K-9 Angels:

   Besides terribly high cholesterol and BMI, Vincent's back sloped downward in the middle and our vet was fearful that one false move would cause his back to break.

3. Cynthia Sass:

   With every 1 percent reduction of total blood cholesterol, there is about a 2 percent reduction in the risk of heart attack.

4. Walter Willett:

   Some of its saturated fat is comprised of shorter molecules than saturated fat from dairy fat, and these do tend to raise HDL cholesterol more potently.

5. Wulf Palinski:

   Further research is warranted to understand the exact mechanisms, but high cholesterol in mothers may impact the development of organ systems in the fetus or leave a lasting imprint on the regulation of genes that help maintain cholesterol levels in the adult offspring.