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cholesterin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cholesterin
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated form of cholesterol.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cholestérine, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

cholesterins (plural) cholesterine (alternative)

Derived Forms

cholesterinic isocholesterin

Synonyms

cholesterol

Questions

What does cholesterin mean?
Dated form of cholesterol.
Where does cholesterin come from?
It is traced to French.

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