Dictionary entry

Cholesterin

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cho‐les″ter‐in (?), n. [Gr. � bile + � stiff fat: F. cholestérine. See Stearin.] (Chem.) A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.