Term: cholesterol: an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: dynamo: generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: cinder pig: pig iron containing a substantial proportion of slag
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: tripling: increase by a factor of three
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: softness: a disposition to be lenient in judging others
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: nephron: any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: treasury stock: stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: bear grass: yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: chinese paddlefish: fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: genus browallia: small genus of tropical South American annuals
Broader: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances | Unrelated: hunter: a person who searches for something