English
ketocholesterol
From keto- + cholesterol.
Formed from keto- + cholesterol
Proto-Indo-European *ster- ‘barren, infertile’
Ancient Greek στερεός ‘firm’
French cholestérine ‘dated form of cholestérol’
French cholestérol
English cholesterol
Today it means
noun Any derivative of cholesterol having a ketonic substituent, one isomer of which inhibits cholesterol uptake in the coronary arteries
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ketocholesterol