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Gallstones are masses of organic cholesterin gathered from the bile by a lazy or infected gall bladder.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lanolin, lan′ō-lin, n. an unctuous substance, a mixture of the ethers of cholesterin with fatty acids, used as a basis for ointments, extracted from wool.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

In the former pigment, bile acids, and cholesterin may also be present.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Engendering consciousness in its interior, much as it engenders cholesterin and creatin and carbonic acid, its relation to our soul's life must also be called productive function.

From The Making of Arguments by Gardiner, J. H.

They are largely composed of cholesterin, combined with small amounts of bile-pigments and acids, lime and magnesium salts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various