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sterols

sterols is the plural of sterol.

Meaning of sterol

Noun

sterol (plural sterols)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    steroid alcohol

Questions about sterols

What is sterols the plural of?
Sterols is the plural of sterol.

Words near sterols in the dictionary

  1. sterolins
  2. sterolithography
  3. sterology
  4. sterolome
  5. sterolomes
  6. sterols
  7. sterome
  8. Sterope
  9. steroscope
  10. sterotactic
  11. sterotaxic

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