STEROL


Meaning of STEROL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstir-ˌȯl, ˈster-, -ˌōl ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from -sterol (as in cholesterol )

Date: 1913

: any of various solid steroid alcohols (as cholesterol) widely distributed in animal and plant lipids

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.