Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

isocholesterol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: iso-c-holes-terol
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alcohol, C₂₇H₄₆O₁₅, that is isomeric with cholesterol and found in combination with cholesterol in wool fat.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A solution of cholesterol in arsenic trichloride is colored pink, the color rapidly changing to cherry-red, accoding^([sic]) to Kahlenberg (Journ. biol. Chem. through Rép. pharm. XXXV. 282), while isocholesterols produce a blue color, which gradually changes to purple, dark red and finally to green."
"It is of interest that horse sebum contains squalene, whereas the seba of ruminants, including sheep, goat, llama and dromedary, contain isocholesterol."
"Guinea pig, mouse and rabbit. All these seba are similar in lacking squalene, isocholesterol and triglycerides, exhibiting low values for free fatty acids and containing lathosterol (Wheatley, 1953, 1956; Wheatley & James, 1957)."

Etymology

From iso- + cholesterol.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: iso

Usage

Inflected Forms

isocholesterols (plural) isocholesterin (alternative, dated) isocholesterine (alternative, dated)

Questions

What does isocholesterol mean?: An alcohol, C₂₇H₄₆O₁₅, that is isomeric with cholesterol and found in combination with cholesterol in wool fat.
Where does isocholesterol come from?: From iso- + cholesterol.

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