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anticholesterol

anticholesterol adjective: that prevents or combats the buildup of cholesterol in the body.

Adjective

anticholesterol (not comparable)

  1. That prevents or combats the buildup of cholesterol in the body.

Noun

anticholesterol (uncountable)

  1. A naturally occurring antibody to cholesterol produced by mammals.

Origin of anticholesterol

From anti- + cholesterol.

Questions about anticholesterol

What does anticholesterol mean?
Anticholesterol means that prevents or combats the buildup of cholesterol in the body.
What part of speech is anticholesterol?
Anticholesterol can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near anticholesterol in the dictionary

  1. anticholeretic
  2. anticholeretics
  3. anticholestatic
  4. anticholesteraemic
  5. anticholesteremic
  6. anticholesterol
  7. anticholesterolemia
  8. anticholesterolemic
  9. anticholinergenic
  10. anticholinergic
  11. anticholinergics

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