very low density lipoprotein

1. 1.

   large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL

   SynonymsVLDL

   Broaderlipoprotein

Questions about very low density lipoprotein

What does very low density lipoprotein mean?

very low density lipoprotein means "large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL".

What is another word for very low density lipoprotein?

Close synonyms include VLDL. 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 very low density lipoprotein a common word?

very low density lipoprotein 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.