sterol

sterol
/stear"awl, -ol, ster"-/, n. Biochem.
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
[1910-15; extracted from such words as CHOLESTEROL, ERGOSTEROL, etc.]

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