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noun

cholesterol

an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

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Six example sentences with cholesterol, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her cholesterol fell after six months of medication, though the doctor credited the daily walking just as much.

    Medicine

  • Frying in beef dripping adds cholesterol that olive oil simply does not, whatever the flavor argument in favor.

    Cooking

  • Rowing four mornings a week moved his cholesterol numbers further than any of the supplements he had stacked.

    Fitness

  • Every animal cell membrane contains cholesterol, which stiffens the layer just enough to keep it from leaking.

    Science

  • A study begun in 1948 followed a whole Massachusetts town for decades and first tied cholesterol to heart disease.

    History

  • One cholesterol drug earned its maker more than ten billion dollars a year at its peak, the best selling medicine in history.

    Business

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