oxidized ldl cholesterol

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   LDL cholesterol that has been bombarded by free radicals; it is thought to cause atherosclerosis

   BroaderLDL cholesterol

Questions about oxidized ldl cholesterol

What does oxidized ldl cholesterol mean?

oxidized ldl cholesterol means "LDL cholesterol that has been bombarded by free radicals; it is thought to cause atherosclerosis".

Is oxidized ldl cholesterol a common word?

oxidized ldl cholesterol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.