coprostane
noun
cop·ro·stane
\ˈkäprəˌstān\
Definition of coprostane
-s
: a crystalline steroid hydrocarbon C27H48 stereoisomeric with cholestane
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Origin and Etymology of coprostane
International Scientific Vocabulary copr- + -stane (as in cholestane)
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