different between cholesterol vs fats

English

Etymology

From French cholestérol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l?st???l/

Noun

cholesterol (countable and uncountable, plural cholesterols)

1. (biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.
2. The level of cholesterol in the body.

Alternative forms

• cholest. (abbreviation)
• cholesterin, cholesterine (dated)

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Noun

cholesterol m

1. cholesterol

Further reading

• cholesterol in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• cholesterol in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cholesterol. First attested in the 1920s, ultimately displacing cholesterine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?x?.l?st??r?l/, /?x?.l?st??r?l/
• Hyphenation: cho?les?te?rol
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

cholesterol m or n (uncountable)

1. cholesterol

   Synonyms: cholesterine, galvet

Interlingua

Noun

cholesterol (plural)

1. cholesterol

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?.l??st?.r?l/

Noun

cholesterol m inan

1. cholesterol

Declension

Further reading

• cholesterol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Noun

fats

1. plural of fat

Anagrams

• AT&SF, ATFs, ATSF, FAST, FTAs, Fast, SAFT, TAFs, afts, fast, tafs

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fats/
• Rhymes: -ats

Adjective

fats

1. masculine plural of fat

Ladin

Adjective

fats

1. plural of fat

Swedish

Noun

fats

1. indefinite genitive singular of fat
2. indefinite genitive plural of fat

Anagrams

• fast, saft, staf

Volapük

Noun

fats

1. nominative plural of fat