Definition of "cholesterin" []

• A white, fatty, crystalline substance found in animal and plant products and tissue, especially in nerve tissue, bile, and gallstones. (noun)

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• "It is a yellowish substance composed of water, fats, fatty acids, lecithin, and cholesterin."
• "For this reason, cholesterin came to be called cholesterol, and the family of compounds of which it was a member came to be called the sterols."
• "In 1814 a white substance with a fatty consistency was obtained from gallstones and was named cholesterin (koh-les'ter-in; "solid bile" G)."