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cholesterol
English
Etymology
From French cholestérol.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??l?st???l/
Noun
cholesterol (countable and uncountable, plural cholesterols)
- (biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.
- The level of cholesterol in the body.
Alternative forms
- cholest. (abbreviation)
- cholesterin, cholesterine (dated)
Derived terms
Translations
Czech
Noun
cholesterol m
- cholesterol
Further reading
- cholesterol in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
- cholesterol in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English cholesterol. First attested in the 1920s, ultimately displacing cholesterine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?x?.l?st??r?l/, /?x?.l?st??r?l/
- Hyphenation: cho?les?te?rol
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
cholesterol m or n (uncountable)
- cholesterol
- Synonyms: cholesterine, galvet
Interlingua
Noun
cholesterol (plural)
- cholesterol
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /x?.l??st?.r?l/
Noun
cholesterol m inan
- cholesterol
Declension
Further reading
- cholesterol in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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arcus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arcus. Doublet of arc and arco. Distantly related to arrow.
Noun
arcus (plural arc?s)
- (medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
- (meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
- (entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
- (palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore
Related terms
- arc
- arcuate
- arcus juvenilis
- arcus senilis
Translations
Anagrams
- Curas, carus, scaur
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h?erk?o- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate to Old English earh, whence English arrow.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ar.kus/, [?ärk?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ar.kus/, [??rkus]
Noun
arcus m (genitive arc?s); fourth declension
- arc, arch
- bow (arc-shaped weapon used for archery)
- rainbow
Declension
Fourth-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ubus).
Derived terms
Related terms
- arcu?tus
Descendants
See also
- discus
- sagitta
References
- arcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- arcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- arcus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arcus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- arcus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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