Definition of Cholestane

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) The tetracyclic hydrocarbon precursor of most steroids, such as cholesterol ¹

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Medical Definition of Cholestane

1. A hydrocarbon (molecule of carbon and hydrogen only) with 27 carbon atoms that is the parent structure of all mammalian steroids. (15 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cholestane

choleric
choleric jaundice
cholerically
cholericly
cholericness
choleriform
cholerigenic
cholerine
choleroid
cholerrhagia
cholerrhagic
cholers
cholescintigraphy
cholestadienes
cholestadienols
cholestane (current term)
cholestanes
cholestanetriol 26-monooxygenase
cholestanone
cholestanones
cholestases
cholestasia
cholestasis
cholestatic
cholestatic hepatitis
cholesteatoma
cholesteatomas

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