cholesterol

/kəˈlestərɒl/ noun [U]

Translation

› a type of fat in your body that can cause heart disease if you have too much

kolesterol

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(Definition of cholesterol noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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