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coprostane

noun
cop·​ro·​stane | \ ˈkäprəˌstān\
plural -s

Definition of coprostane

: a crystalline steroid hydrocarbon C27H48 stereoisomeric with cholestane

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History and Etymology for coprostane

International Scientific Vocabulary copr- + -stane (as in cholestane)

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