Medical Definition of Cholesterol esters

1. Fatty acid esters of cholesterol which constitute about two-thirds of the cholesterol in the plasma. The accumulation of cholesterol esters in the arterial intima is a characteristic feature of atherosclerosis. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cholesterol Esters

cholesterinuria
cholesteroderma
cholesterol
cholesterol
cholesterolaemia
cholesterologenesis
cholesterolosis
cholesterols
cholesteroluria
cholesterol 26-hydroxylase
cholesterol 7 alpha-monooxygenase
cholesterol cleft
cholesterol dehydrogenase
cholesterol embolism
cholesterol esterase
cholesterol esters (current term)
cholesterol ester storage disease
cholesterol ester transport proteins
cholesterol monooxygenase
cholesterol oxidase
cholesterol reductase
cholesterol sulfotransferase
cholesterosis
cholesterosis cutis
cholesterosis cutis
cholesteryl ester synthetase
cholestyramine
cholestyramine
cholestyramines
cholestyramine resin

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