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cholesterin
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cholesterin, n. [Gr. bile + stiff fat: F. cholestérine. See Stearin.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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