3 definitions found 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].
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