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Webster 1913 Edition


Cholesterin

Cho-les′ter-in

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] bile + [GREEK] stiff fat: F.
cholestérine
. See
Stearin
.]
(Chem.)
A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cholesterin

CHOLESTERIN

,
Noun.
A name given by M. Chevreul, to the pearly or crystaline substance of human biliary calculi.