cholesterine

English

Etymology

French cholestérine

Noun

cholesterine (countable and uncountable, plural cholesterines)

1. Alternative form of cholesterin
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "I had foreseen it and I had put some cholesterine among the paraffin in the zinc pail."

Dutch

Alternative forms

• cholestearine (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French cholestérine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌxɔ.lɛs.təˈri.nə/, /ˌxɔ.lə.stəˈri.nə/
• Hyphenation: cho‧le‧ste‧ri‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

Noun

cholesterine f (uncountable)

1. (dated) cholesterol, cholesterin

   Synonyms: cholesterol, galvet