cholesterol

Questions about cholesterol

What does cholesterol mean?

cholesterol means "an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues".

How many syllables are in cholesterol?

cholesterol has 4 syllables: cho-les-te-rol. The stress falls on "les". In IPA it is /kəˈlɛstɚˌɔl/.

What is another word for cholesterol?

Close synonyms include cholesterin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cholesterol a common word?

cholesterol is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cholesterol?

4 words rhyme with cholesterol. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.