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Meaning of "coprosterol" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COPROSTEROL

coprosterol  [kɒˈprɒstərɒl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COPROSTEROL

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Coprosterol is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COPROSTEROL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coprostanol

5β-Coprostanol is a 27-carbon stanol formed from the biohydrogenation of cholesterol in the gut of most higher animals and birds. This compound has frequently been used as a biomarker for the presence of human faecal matter in the environment.

Definition of coprosterol in the English dictionary

The definition of coprosterol in the dictionary is a compound, C27H47OH, that is present in faeces and is formed by the reduction of cholesterol by intestinal bacteria.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COPROSTEROL


albuterol
ælˈbjuːtəˌrɒl
calciferol
kælˈsɪfərɒl
carvacrol
ˈkɑːvəˌkrɒl
cholecalciferol
ˌkəʊlɪkælˈsɪfəˌrɒl
cholesterol
kəˈlɛstəˌrɒl
clenbuterol
klɛnˈbjuːtərɒl
dicumarol
daɪˈkuːməˌrɒl
diethylstilbestrol
daɪˌɛθɪlstɪlˈbɛstrɒl
ergosterol
ɜːˈɡɒstəˌrɒl
folderol
ˈfɒldəˌrɒl
girolle
ʒiːˈrɒl
glycerol
ˈɡlɪsəˌrɒl
low-cholesterol
ˌləʊkəˈlestərɒl
nerol
ˈnɛrɒl
phytosterol
faɪˈtɒstərɒl
resveratrol
rɪˈsvɛrəˌtrɒl
sitosterol
saɪˈtɒstəˌrɒl
sterol
ˈstɛrɒl
stigmasterol
stɪɡˈmæstəˌrɒl
tocopherol
tɒˈkɒfəˌrɒl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COPROSTEROL

coprolalia
coprolaliac
coprolite
coprolith
coprolitic
coprology
copromoter
coprophagan
coprophagic
coprophagist
coprophagous
coprophagy
coprophilia
coprophiliac
coprophilic
coprophilous
coproprietor
coprosma
coprosperity
coprozoic

WORDS THAT END LIKE COPROSTEROL

anticholesterol
bad cholesterol
banderol
bannerol
blood cholesterol
carol
control
credit control
cruise control
falderol
good cholesterol
lumisterol
patrol
pest control
petrol
quality control
remote control
Tirol
viosterol
zoosterol

Synonyms and antonyms of coprosterol in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coprosterol» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COPROSTEROL

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The translations of coprosterol from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coprosterol» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

coprosterol
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coprosterol
570 millions of speakers

English

coprosterol
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

coprosterol
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كوبروستيرول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

coprosterol
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coprosterol
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

coprosterol
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coprostérol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coprosterol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

coprosterol
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

coprosterol
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

coprosterol
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coprosterol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

coprosterol
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

coprosterol
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉपरोस्टेरॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

coprosterol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coprosterol
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

coprosterol
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

coprosterol
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coprosterol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοπροστερόλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

coprosterol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

coprosterol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

coprosterol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coprosterol

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COPROSTEROL»

The term «coprosterol» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.015 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COPROSTEROL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coprosterol

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COPROSTEROL»

Discover the use of coprosterol in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coprosterol and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chemistry, 1922-1941
cholesterol through the action of intestinal bacteria. However, it has remarkably not been possible outside the intestinal canal to change cholesterol into coprosterol by the use of putrefactive bacteria. Coprosterol is according to its formula a ...
‎1999
2
Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, 1901-1992
The work of Windaus and his good friend Wieland became related through a dihydrosterol: coprosterol. It occurs naturally, but does not form from catalyzed hydrogenation of cholesterol. In the laboratory, Windaus converted cholesterol to  ...
Laylin K. James, 1993
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ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY
ol, the steroisomer of cholestanol with the hydrogen at position 5 in the /? configuration). A purified preparation of phrenosin, a cerebroside, had a similar effect. Because coprosterol is poorly absorbed from the intestine it seemed possible that ...
Silvio Garattini, 1962
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The Biochemical Journal
It is well known that digitonin treated with cholesterol loses its haemolytic power, it seemed therefore of interest to ascertain in how far bodies more or less closely allied to cholesterol such as phytosterol, j9-cholestanol, coprosterol and ...
5
Textbook of Medical Biochemistry
Other animal sterols The other animal sterols include 7-dehydro-cholesterol ( provitamin D3) and the fecal sterol, coprosterol. 7-dehydro-cholesterol is formed from cholesterol in the skin fat and is the precursor of vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol ...
S. Ramakrishnan, 2004
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The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
Transformation of Cholesterol into Coprosterol. A. Wihdaus (Ber., 1916, 49, 1724 — 1734).— The knowledge of the reduction products of cholesterol gained in recent years has now enabled the author to achieve his main purpose, the artificial ...
Chemical Society (Great Britain), Sir Humphry Davy, Bureau of Chemical Abstracts (Great Britain), 1916
7
Identification and Analysis of Certain Intestinal Sterols of ...
For the most part, the earlier authors and workers give the correct view, viz., that coprosterol gives a slower or modified but very definite Liebermann-Burchard test , whereas many modern workers seem to be laboring under the impression that ...
Douglas Leonard Coleman, 1955
8
Scientific contributions in honor of Joseph Hersey Pratt on ...
In contrast to dihydrocholesterol the isomeric coprosterol does not occur in the tissue or in the intermediary metabolism. Allocholesterol, which is supposed to be the unsaturated stereo-isomeric sterol of coprosterol, is not discovered in the ...
Henry B. Mulholland, 1937
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Annals of Internal Medicine
In contrast to dihydrocholesterol the isomeric coprosterol does not occur in the tissue or in the intermediary metabolism. Allocholesterol, which is supposed to be the unsaturated stereo-isomeric sterol of coprosterol, is not discovered in the ...
10
The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Fractionation of CoprosteroUDihydrocholesterol Mixture — Human feces contain, besides coprosterol, smaller amounts of dihydro- cholesterol. In the experiments in which deuterocholestenone was fed, fractionation of the sterol mixture was ...

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« EDUCALINGO. Coprosterol [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/coprosterol>. May 2024 ».
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