(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.

plural of sterol

Relating to, or composed of sterols

plural of sterol esterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a sterol ester (typically of a fatty acid)

(biochemistry) The set of all sterols in a cell or organism.

plural of sterolin

(biochemistry) Either of two proteins (and associated genes) that regulate sterol absorption and excretion.

(fandom slang) The romantic pairing of the characters Stefan Salvatore and Caroline Forbes from the American television series The Vampire Diaries.

plural of sterolome