choline
English
/ˈkoʊliːn/
noun
Definitions
- (organic compound) A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek χολή (bile, gall).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χολή
Gloss
bile, gall
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acetylthiocholine English
- adrenocholinergic English
- anticholinergic English
- anticholinesterase English
- arsenocholine English
- beta English
- bethanechol English
- butyryl English
- butyrylcholine English
- butyrylcholinesterase English
- butyrylthiocholine English
- carbamyl English
- carbamylcholine English
- chole- English
- cholecystis English
- cholinergic English
- cholinergically English
- cholinesterase English
- cholinesterasic English
- cholinolytic English
- cholinomimetic English
- echothiophate English
- esterase English
- ethyl English
- glycerophosphorylcholine English
- hypercholinergic English
- methacholine English
- methyl English
- mimetic English
- noncholinergic English
- normocholinergic English
- phosphate English
- phosphocholine English
- phosphoryl English
- phosphorylcholine English
- procholinergic English
- pseudocholinesterase English
- succinyl English
- succinylcholine English
- thiocholine English
- thiocholinergic English
- cholera Latin
- cholericus Latin
- cholesterolum Latin
- холестери́н Russian
- colecistectomía Spanish, Castilian
- colecistitis Spanish, Castilian
- coluria Spanish, Castilian
- κύστις Ancient Greek
- πικρόχολος Ancient Greek
- στερεός Ancient Greek
- χολή Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰolh₃éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- kolera Norwegian Bokmål
- kolesterol Norwegian Bokmål
- kolera Norwegian Nynorsk
- kolesterol Norwegian Nynorsk
- colle Old French
- colúria Catalan, Valencian
- χολή Greek (modern)
- 膽固醇 Chinese
- 콜린 Korean
- *kʰolā́ Proto-Hellenic
- beta
- ethyl
- methyl
- chole-
- mimetic
- butyryl
- esterase
- carbamyl
- succinyl
- phosphate
- phosphoryl
- bethanechol
- thiocholine
- cholinergic
- cholecystis
- cholinolytic
- methacholine
- arsenocholine
- echothiophate
- phosphocholine
- cholinomimetic
- butyrylcholine
- noncholinergic
- cholinesterase
- procholinergic
- cholinesterasic
- anticholinergic
- succinylcholine
- thiocholinergic
- carbamylcholine
- cholinergically
- hypercholinergic
- normocholinergic
- phosphorylcholine
- acetylthiocholine
- adrenocholinergic
- butyrylthiocholine
- anticholinesterase
- pseudocholinesterase
- butyrylcholinesterase
- glycerophosphorylcholine