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- adjective Resembling
fat (the chemical substance) or some aspect of it.
Etymologies
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High cholesterol, a fatlike substance, can clog arteries and block blood flow to the heart or brain.
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High cholesterol, a fatlike substance, can clog arteries and block blood flow to the heart or brain.
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Any of a heterogeneous group of fats and fatlike substances characterized by being water-insoluble.
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Cholesterol, total: A fatlike substance that comes from both the body and the diet, cholesterol plays an important role in making some hormones as well as vitamin D and is a part of the cell membrane.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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Cholesterol, total: A fatlike substance that comes from both the body and the diet, cholesterol plays an important role in making some hormones as well as vitamin D and is a part of the cell membrane.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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Cholesterol, total: A fatlike substance that comes from both the body and the diet, cholesterol plays an important role in making some hormones as well as vitamin D and is a part of the cell membrane.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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An example is cholesterol, a fatlike substance that is coated with a protein so it can travel in your blood, which is mainly water.
The Most Complete Food Counter, 2nd Edition Annette B. Natow Ph.d. 2006
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It appears to consist of a double layer of phosphorus-containing fatlike molecules (phospholipid), coated on each side with a single thickness of protein molecule.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Two more are phosphatides (a type of phosphorus-containing fat molecule), and a fifth is a cerebroside (a complex sugar-containing fatlike molecule).
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Caused by the lack of an enzyme --- alpha-galactosidase-A -- which is required to metabolize lipids or fatlike substances in the body, its symptoms include chronic gastrointestinal and cardiovascular problems, pains in the hands and feet, renal failure, as well as skin and eye complications, according to the
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