sterol
/ˈstɛɹɒl/
sterol noun: any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.
Noun
sterol (plural sterols)
- Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.
- Sterols are found in all animal and plant tissue and play an important role in hormone chemistry.
- Research into marine sterols falls neatly into three chronological periods.1973, Paul J. Scheuer, Chemistry Of Marine Natural Products, Academic Press, page 58
- Synonyms:
- steroid alcohol
sterol meaning in Tamil
sterol in Tamil
- அடர்ந்த எண்ணெய், திடச் சாராயப் பொருள், திண்ம நீர்மம், ஸ்ட்டீரால், தெரோல்
Synonyms of sterol
- steroid alcohol
Forms of sterol
| plural | sterols |
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Origin of sterol
From 1913; back-formation from cholesterol.
Words formed from sterol
- aminosterol
- avenasterol
- azasterol
- brassicasterol
- calciferol
- campesterol
- cerebrosterol
- chondrillasterol
- clionasterol
- desmethylsterol
- ergosterol
- fungisterol
- ignosterol
- ketosterol
- lanosterol
- mycosterol
- neurosterol
- nonsterol
- oxysterol
- phytosterol
- poriferasterol
- sitosterol
- spinasterol
- steroid
- sterol esterase
- sterolin
- sterolome
- -sterone
- tachysterol
- zoosterol
- zymosterol
Phrases with sterol
Questions about sterol
- What does sterol mean?
- Sterol means any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.
- What is sterol in Tamil?
- Sterol in Tamil is அடர்ந்த எண்ணெய், திடச் சாராயப் பொருள், திண்ம நீர்மம். See Sterol meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sterol?
- Sterol is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sterol?
- Sterol is pronounced /ˈstɛɹɒl/.
- What is the plural of sterol?
- The plural of sterol is sterols.
Words near sterol in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sterol (page history and authors); sterol (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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