VLDL

Definition: VLDL

VLDL

Noun

1. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL.

Specialty Definitions: VLDL

Domain	Definitions
Health	Very low-density lipoprotein. The lipoprotein particles that initially leave the liver, carrying cholesterol and lipid. VLDLs contain 10 to 15 percent of the total serum cholesterol along with most of the triglycerides in the fasting serum; VLDLs are precursors of LDL, and some forms of VLDL, particularly VLDL remnants, appear to be atherogenic. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: VLDL

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
VLDL	English	Very low density lipoprotein	Biology & Biotechnology
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: VLDL

Synonym: very low density lipoprotein (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: VLDL

English words defined with "VLDL": very low density lipoprotein. (references)

Specialty definitions using "VLDL": Apolipoproteins B, Apolipoproteins C, Apolipoproteins E ♦ Hyperlipoproteinemia Type III, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV ♦ Lipoproteins, VLDL Cholesterol. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: VLDL

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The VLDL and chylomicron particles of these patients are large and appear to lack atherogenic potential. (references)
		These modifying roles suggest that atherogenic and antiatherogenic subfractions may be present in VLDL and HDL fractions, respectively. (references)
		These diets lead to the production of large buoyant VLDL particles, which are thought to be less atherogenic compared to dense VLDL particles. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: VLDL

"VLDL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.00% of the time. "VLDL" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	88%	22	74,468
Noun (common)	8%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	4%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	25	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: VLDL

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "VLDL": vldl-triglyceride.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: VLDL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
vldl	40
vldl cholesterol	14
hdl ldl vldl	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: VLDL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "d-l-l-v"
	+3 letters: leveled, lividly, validly, vialled.
	+4 letters: anvilled, bevelled, cavilled, devilled, diluvial, gavelled, hovelled, ladylove, levelled, ravelled, revelled, rivalled, veiledly, villadom, volleyed.
	+5 letters: devilling, drivelled, frivolled, gravelled, grovelled, invalidly, ladyloves, marvelled, overalled, shovelled, snivelled, swivelled, travelled, unleveled, villadoms, volkslied, volplaned.
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