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sitosterol

sitosterol noun: any of a range of plant sterols used to prepare steroid hormones.

Noun

sitosterol (plural sitosterols)

  1. Any of a range of plant sterols used to prepare steroid hormones.

Forms of sitosterol

pluralsitosterols

Origin of sitosterol

From sito- + sterol.

Words formed from sitosterol

Questions about sitosterol

What does sitosterol mean?
Sitosterol means any of a range of plant sterols used to prepare steroid hormones.
What part of speech is sitosterol?
Sitosterol is a noun.
What is the plural of sitosterol?
The plural of sitosterol is sitosterols.

Words near sitosterol in the dictionary

  1. sitophobic
  2. sitophobics
  3. sitosol
  4. sitostanol
  5. sitosterin
  6. sitosterol
  7. sitosterolaemia
  8. sitosterolemia
  9. sitosterolemic
  10. sitosterolin
  11. sitosterols

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