LDL

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  LDL \LDL\ ([e^]l`d[=e]*[e^]l/") n. [acronym from Low-Density
     Lipoprotein.] (Med., Biochem.)
     {Low-density lipoprotein}, a lipoprotein that transports
     cholesterol in the blood; high levels are thought to be
     associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and
     atherosclerosis; sometimes called informally {bad


     cholesterol}.
  
     Syn: low-density lipoprotein.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  LDL
       n : a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood;
           composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount
           of cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated
           with increased risk of coronary heart disease and
           atherosclerosis [syn: {low-density lipoprotein}, {beta-lipoprotein}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  LDL
       
          ["LDL: A Logic-Based Data-Language", S. Tsur et al, Proc VLDB
          1986, Kyoto Japan, Aug 1986, pp.33-41].